Scattered Strawberry Summer

This is the view from the balcony, I miss having a balcony. The chill air and the quietness of the evening is so relaxing. There were hardly any people, it wasn't that late and this is main street. 
My grandmother's house. Nothing special but I think location is great if you like a quiet life. The only thing you can hear there is birds singing. There is lots of land around and she has various fruit trees, she usually grows vegetables both in a greenhouse and outside. and did I mention strawberries?..

This is a picture of my great-grandfather. Such a handsome man he was.

Time flew by and we had to take a train back to Kaunas to catch our flight. We did say we should come every year, hopefully we will. It was lovely to visit but we know for sure we're never moving back.It doesn't mean we'll stay in UK either. I do have dreams but I'm not sure they're realistic. One can dream though.

 A selfie taken at grandmother's

It's been 18 months since my last proper visit to Lithuania. Not much has changed in my hometown, but it seems sleepier than ever. I couldn't live there again, I'd get bored very quickly. It was a bit colder than in UK, spring hasn't really come there either, so I didn't take pictures of town, everything looks so grey with streets lined up with leave-less trees. But it will be lovely very soon. Next time we'll go in summer, we decided.

We flew to Kaunas airport, as it was they past the last coach to my hometown, we stayed at My SO's uncle's. It was very pleasant stay, the family  was very lovely and we enjoyed our time there. Next morning we took a coach to the west of the country. I was surprised it had wifi, I loved it, when I was tired of browsing internet I turned on nokia mix radio and napped all the way to my hometown.


I visited my grandmothers and also my SO's grandparents. We were fed so much food, first few days my stomach could hardly handle the amount of food. I had cepelinai, saltibarciai, sakotis and other foods. I also had a pizza at a local restaurant, it's my favourite- the dough is very thin and it tastes so nice with  the special mayo based sauce they make themselves (we Lithuanians usually eat pizza with ketchup and that sauce of no name, I know weirdos, but it's delicious...).

My maternal grandmother lives in a village 20km a way, so I took a bus everyday to spend some time with her. She's moving to Germany, as mentioned in my previous post. I helped to sort some paperwork and had lovely chats with her and her sister who was also visiting.

or just a bit damp..





they're fishing for..Amber. yes.

just bugs bunny playing the accordion




  Grandma's free range chickens, they're kept for their eggs, not meat.


 and in case you forgot how I look..