What have we already done? What have I already seen?

Hmm.. Where should I start? Before I came to Lithuania my friends gave me a TO-DO list and I already can tick off some points:

• to bury my feet in the sand in NIDA,
• to jump on the miracle plate in front of the Cathedral in VILNIUS,
• to put a cross on the "HILL OF CROSS" - even twice,
• to send postcards to them,

but I made a lot of more wonderful, weird and enjoyable things, which are not on the list:

• cooked Kaiserschmarren for our host in KLAIPĖDA, 
• danced with a lot of people in the streets in RIGA,
• made a unicorn in KAUNAS,
• made kind of karaoke evening in a flat in PANEVĖŽYS,
• and hundreds of funny moments in our new home ŠIAULIAI!! :)

To be honest, first I was not the biggest fan of Šiauliai. It is small, not as easy reachable as other cities, not as good for hitchhiking as Panevėžys and there are no other volunteers. However I realized that there are many positive things for example we never have to take a bus, we never got lost, we have a nice flat in a safe and central part of the city and very important; we always meet someone in the streets. 

At the beginning we went to the lake nearly every day, now we don't have so much time any more but every time I go there something looks different. I am happy to have so many different pictures of the changing landscape. I think this is one of the best reasons to stay in another country for not just a short time and to see how all things change. 

Also our daily life changes. Everybody has already a kind of routine but we still explore new things, like places, restaurant, food and traditions. I think I can say that we really want to try as much as possible and that we are open for a lot of things. For example we tried:

• traditional folk dance - we really like it,
• lazy Lithuanian coffee, 
• movie evening with Turkish movie,
• "interesting" art exhibition - see other post jose ignacio davilo - by Anne Sophie
• knitting and other handicrafts,
• walking on the lake, 
• dancing Tango,
• nearly all traditional foods - Cepelinai (Liudvikas secret love) , Šaltibarščiai, Kepta duona, sūreliai, Žemaičių blynai (Anne Sophie's favorite), Kibinai, Kugelis, Šakotis, Gira, Kūčiuka,... ohh we really tried a lot :D I really can not say what is my favorite because I really like everything. :P Moreover I love the honey which I got from Julija and Marija. It is so tasty!
• update 4.feb: Thanks to Danguolė I could try šimtalapis