camping in elektrėnai

went about an hour out of vilnius near elektrėnai to go camping at this beautiful lake. the only problem was a power plant that ruined the view at the other end of the lake. but no problem, just look the other way. the water was incredible. the camping itself was the highest-class camping i had ever done. chairs, wine, salad, etc. the best part of it all was that this one british guy in our party (alex) had met an italian guy (francesco) in budapest a week earlier. francesco was on his way from italy to estonia riding a 50cc vespa motorbike. francesco was full of stories and played guitar for a bit. all along, we did a good amount of drinking, enough to learn the next morning what the british term "piss holes in the snow" means (how your eyes look when you wake up after a night of drinking.

the next morning we cooked eggs in a frying pan over a campfire, did some swimming and some of us then left to come back to vilnius (with a slight delay by an old lady collecting hay on the dirt path that fit only one vehicle at a time and she refused to move until she was done with her work), while some stayed out at the lake for another night. i'm leaving for the liberal party "jamboree" tomorrow at 6am, so had to get back somehow tonight.

-dr-