Saturday, July 08, 2006
Vilna Hostel Computer Room - 1:45am
There is the good news and there is the bad news...
The good news is that I am continuing to have a great time despite the bad news, which will I'll get to in a second. Right after the bad news happened, I met two great girls from England - Laura and Jane - who were on my bus to Lithuania. The three of us have hit it off very well and we spent pretty much the whole day together. Tomorrow, we're going to explore Vilnius together before taking a train to the coast and spending the night there. Then, Monday morning, the three of us are going to head to Warsaw where we will part ways.
Thanks to my amazing powers of mimicry (which are probably better described as 'unintentional' and 'annoying' rather than 'amazing') I think I've even begun to pick up a little bit of an English lilt. See, there I go again. If you could here me typing right now, I'd be doing it in an English accent.
And here comes the bad news...
Today, while sitting outside of the bus station waiting for my 4pm bus from Riga to Vilnius, I was robbed. Earlier that day, I had purchased a small souvenir for one of my more regular readers. I was using the bag it came in as a sort of carrying case for my maps of Old Town Riga, my ipod, my camera, and the little gift.
Luckily, just moments before it disappeared, I took the ipod out of the bag and put it into my travelers wallet. If only my camera (Jenica's camera, actually) were so lucky.
There is nothing quite like getting up to walk to your bus, reaching down into your pocket, thinking that something might be missing, figuring out that it's something important, and then realizing that what ever it was, it's now gone forever.
Not only is my camera gone, a valuable loss for sure, but so are many of my most important pictures. Now, no one will ever get to see my photo collection of curious European street signs, what Carlos looked like, or some of my classic late-night train ride self-portraits. I feel like these memories have been, quite literally, ripped away from me. I wont remember these things myself in a few years from now. The memories are going to be completely gone soon.
It was literally at that same moment of loss, however, that I met Laura and Jane. And, its also funny that as soon as I lost my camera, I was meet with a series of great photo opportunities that will never be - like the unexpected encounter I had with an ostrich earlier today. Maybe Laura and Jane can take some great photos of Lithuania for me and send them to me so I can at least remember my time in this country.
Alright, that's all for now. Next update wont be till Poland, I assume.
See you there.
-euroschlep ¶ 3:06 PM
There is the good news and there is the bad news...
The good news is that I am continuing to have a great time despite the bad news, which will I'll get to in a second. Right after the bad news happened, I met two great girls from England - Laura and Jane - who were on my bus to Lithuania. The three of us have hit it off very well and we spent pretty much the whole day together. Tomorrow, we're going to explore Vilnius together before taking a train to the coast and spending the night there. Then, Monday morning, the three of us are going to head to Warsaw where we will part ways.
Thanks to my amazing powers of mimicry (which are probably better described as 'unintentional' and 'annoying' rather than 'amazing') I think I've even begun to pick up a little bit of an English lilt. See, there I go again. If you could here me typing right now, I'd be doing it in an English accent.
And here comes the bad news...
Today, while sitting outside of the bus station waiting for my 4pm bus from Riga to Vilnius, I was robbed. Earlier that day, I had purchased a small souvenir for one of my more regular readers. I was using the bag it came in as a sort of carrying case for my maps of Old Town Riga, my ipod, my camera, and the little gift.
Luckily, just moments before it disappeared, I took the ipod out of the bag and put it into my travelers wallet. If only my camera (Jenica's camera, actually) were so lucky.
There is nothing quite like getting up to walk to your bus, reaching down into your pocket, thinking that something might be missing, figuring out that it's something important, and then realizing that what ever it was, it's now gone forever.
Not only is my camera gone, a valuable loss for sure, but so are many of my most important pictures. Now, no one will ever get to see my photo collection of curious European street signs, what Carlos looked like, or some of my classic late-night train ride self-portraits. I feel like these memories have been, quite literally, ripped away from me. I wont remember these things myself in a few years from now. The memories are going to be completely gone soon.
It was literally at that same moment of loss, however, that I met Laura and Jane. And, its also funny that as soon as I lost my camera, I was meet with a series of great photo opportunities that will never be - like the unexpected encounter I had with an ostrich earlier today. Maybe Laura and Jane can take some great photos of Lithuania for me and send them to me so I can at least remember my time in this country.
Alright, that's all for now. Next update wont be till Poland, I assume.
See you there.
-euroschlep ¶ 3:06 PM
