On our way to Riga, we got off the highway and headed towards Birzai. We wanted to check out the tranquil waters of Lake Širvėna. This is the oldest manmade lake in Lithuania – built a whole four and half centuries back by putting a dam on not one but two rivers!!

We started our ride from Lithuania to Latvia. Our route will basically cut across Lithuania from south to north till we enter Latvia and finish up in the capital city of Riga.

But on the way, Gintautas has planned for a few stops on either side of the border.

This is in Kaunas

The sign says something about a concert. The gate has a padlock on it. And yet, out there in the open – completely exposed to the weather – is a piano!

There was nobody around for me to ask about it on that street in Kaunas.

Do you remember the crazy story from last November how I had showed up in my penpal’s house in Lithuania and completely surprised her? Well, this time, I had written to her beforehand about my plans in Lithuania. Rita’s family was kind enough to drive to Kaunas and join me for lunch. My friends in office were incredulous when I had told them the story. Two of my colleagues – Renata and Rasa joined us too to meet Rita’s family!

I had finished my dinner in a restaurant in Kaunas and on my way out, went to the restroom. And then waited there helplessly trying to figure out which door was for men. All that was there were these two symbols on the two doors.

Finally, a lady came in and went into one of them. I went into the other.

Can you guess which one is for men and which one is for women?

Have you seen this anywhere before?

Not sure what that figure of a guy in a boat with a fishing rod was doing up in the air there!