Since our landlords had a little bar next door, first thing in the morning we made our way there to start the day with some waffles. As a financially concious Eastern European I opted for the combo offer, where for 6 euros I got coffee, smoothie and a waffle with salmon and poached egg. Scott, who didn't care about saving money, had a waffle with tomato and mozzarella for 4.50.
After breakfast we had a sightseeing tour planned. We walked in the old town and from there to the Republic of Užupis. On April 1st 1998, the residents of the area declared the Republic of Užupis, along with its own flag, unofficial currency, president, cabinet of ministers, a constitution, an anthem, and an army of approximately 11 men. The army has since been retired, but everything else still exists. Among other things also the constitution that's available in a variety of languages on the wall in Užupis. From the English version you can read:
1. Everyone has the right to live by the River Vilnelė, and the River Vilnelė has the right to flow by everyone.
2. Everyone has the right to hot water, heating in winter and a tiled roof.
3. Everyone has the right to die, but this is not an obligation.
4. Everyone has the right to make mistakes.
5. Everyone has the right to be unique.
6. Everyone has the right to love.
7. Everyone has the right not to be loved, but not necessarily.
8. Everyone has the right to be undistinguished and unknown.
9. Everyone has the right to idle.
10. Everyone has the right to love and take care of the cat.
11. Everyone has the right to look after the dog until one of them dies.
12. A dog has the right to be a dog.
13. A cat is not obliged to love its owner, but must help in time of nee[d].
14. Sometimes everyone has the right to be unaware of their duties.
15. Everyone has the right to be in doubt, but this is not an obligation.
16. Everyone has the right to be happy.
17. Everyone has the right to be unhappy.
18. Everyone has the right to be silent.
19. Everyone has the right to have faith.
20. No one has the right to violence.
21. Everyone has the right to appreciate their unimportance.
22. No one has the right to have a design on eternity.
23. Everyone has the right to understand.
24. Everyone has the right to understand nothing.
25. Everyone has the right to be of any nationality.
26. Everyone has the right to celebrate or not celebrate their birthday.
27. Everyone shall remember their name.
28. Everyone may share what they possess.
29. No one can share what they do not possess.
30. Everyone has the right to have brothers, sisters and parents.
31. Everyone may be independent.
32. Everyone is responsible for their freedom.
33. Everyone has the right to cry.
34. Everyone has the right to be misunderstood.
35. No one has the right to make another person guilty.
36. Everyone has the right to be individual.
37. Everyone has the right to have no rights.
38. Everyone has the right to not to be afraid.
39. Do not defeat.
40. Do not fight back.
41. Do not surrender.
We walked to the cathedral and climbed up to the Gediminas tower, where finding the entrance turned out to be the challenge of the day. The views however were definitely worth the few thousand additional steps we took. The lunch following our tower adventure offered the most surprising food experience of the day. We went to a fairly nondescript pub, where the service was so remarkabless bad that it's worth mentioning. We placed our order and in the last second Scott added the garlick breads. It was so quick that I didn't even manage to warn him about the concept of the garlick bread in Baltics, where you are most likely getting soaking oily fried bread (if you're lucky, they are cut in bars, usually it's just slices) with some garlick on side that you have to spread on the bread yourself. What we got, were a plate full of nice bread bars with good amount of garlick and melted cheese. They are absolutely the almost the best garlick breads I've ever had. They are sharing the first place with the ones from Põrgu.
We walked at the river, visited a sovjet era abandoned colossus, had a little afternoon nap in the apartment and went for dinner. We had gazpacho, grilled goat cheese, shrimps, carpaccio, absolutely delicious creamy chantarelle and chicken pasta and one of us (not me) the chocolate lava cake.
After breakfast we had a sightseeing tour planned. We walked in the old town and from there to the Republic of Užupis. On April 1st 1998, the residents of the area declared the Republic of Užupis, along with its own flag, unofficial currency, president, cabinet of ministers, a constitution, an anthem, and an army of approximately 11 men. The army has since been retired, but everything else still exists. Among other things also the constitution that's available in a variety of languages on the wall in Užupis. From the English version you can read:
1. Everyone has the right to live by the River Vilnelė, and the River Vilnelė has the right to flow by everyone.
2. Everyone has the right to hot water, heating in winter and a tiled roof.
3. Everyone has the right to die, but this is not an obligation.
4. Everyone has the right to make mistakes.
5. Everyone has the right to be unique.
6. Everyone has the right to love.
7. Everyone has the right not to be loved, but not necessarily.
8. Everyone has the right to be undistinguished and unknown.
9. Everyone has the right to idle.
10. Everyone has the right to love and take care of the cat.
11. Everyone has the right to look after the dog until one of them dies.
12. A dog has the right to be a dog.
13. A cat is not obliged to love its owner, but must help in time of nee[d].
14. Sometimes everyone has the right to be unaware of their duties.
15. Everyone has the right to be in doubt, but this is not an obligation.
16. Everyone has the right to be happy.
17. Everyone has the right to be unhappy.
18. Everyone has the right to be silent.
19. Everyone has the right to have faith.
20. No one has the right to violence.
21. Everyone has the right to appreciate their unimportance.
22. No one has the right to have a design on eternity.
23. Everyone has the right to understand.
24. Everyone has the right to understand nothing.
25. Everyone has the right to be of any nationality.
26. Everyone has the right to celebrate or not celebrate their birthday.
27. Everyone shall remember their name.
28. Everyone may share what they possess.
29. No one can share what they do not possess.
30. Everyone has the right to have brothers, sisters and parents.
31. Everyone may be independent.
32. Everyone is responsible for their freedom.
33. Everyone has the right to cry.
34. Everyone has the right to be misunderstood.
35. No one has the right to make another person guilty.
36. Everyone has the right to be individual.
37. Everyone has the right to have no rights.
38. Everyone has the right to not to be afraid.
39. Do not defeat.
40. Do not fight back.
41. Do not surrender.
We walked to the cathedral and climbed up to the Gediminas tower, where finding the entrance turned out to be the challenge of the day. The views however were definitely worth the few thousand additional steps we took. The lunch following our tower adventure offered the most surprising food experience of the day. We went to a fairly nondescript pub, where the service was so remarkabless bad that it's worth mentioning. We placed our order and in the last second Scott added the garlick breads. It was so quick that I didn't even manage to warn him about the concept of the garlick bread in Baltics, where you are most likely getting soaking oily fried bread (if you're lucky, they are cut in bars, usually it's just slices) with some garlick on side that you have to spread on the bread yourself. What we got, were a plate full of nice bread bars with good amount of garlick and melted cheese. They are absolutely the almost the best garlick breads I've ever had. They are sharing the first place with the ones from Põrgu.
We walked at the river, visited a sovjet era abandoned colossus, had a little afternoon nap in the apartment and went for dinner. We had gazpacho, grilled goat cheese, shrimps, carpaccio, absolutely delicious creamy chantarelle and chicken pasta and one of us (not me) the chocolate lava cake.
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