We're here!

Knock on Wood, everything regarding this trip has gone as though people who had a clue were planning it!  Not a hitch.  David, Tracy and Rosa, to be known from here out as DT&R, picked us up, squeezed suitcases with clothes for two seasons, computers, CPAP machines, teaching materials and  us in down coats into the mini van and dropped us at the airport.  Moonpie, the weiner dog, to be referred to as MP, from now on, unless I forget, had the good sense to stay at home where he was safe from luggage.  We flew to Newark and then to Copenhagen.  Newark to Copenhagen was three movies and a tv show long.  After a 5 hour layover, we headed to Lithuania.  I can't tell you about that trip because the only thing I saw was the inside of my eyelids.  It was quite short.

During the layover, we breakfased on actual Danish Danishes (Thanks to Del  for that observation.) .  They were yummy.  Then we walked around the airport a bit, people watched and read.  I love you, Kindle.

Our contact, Davia and her husband Arvidus, picked us up in two cars and drove us to the flat, as they say.  The sky looked just like Akron in winter, quite gray.  They had had lots of snow in December, so there was snow piled up on both sides of the road, but the roads were clear.  Sidewalks are quite icy in many places, so those snow tires for shoes will be lifesavers.  Thanks, Guys.

The flat is in the center of Old Town and is just wonderful.  More about it later.  Denuta and her husband are our landlords and drove in from their city to meet us.  They keep a flat in the building which they will lend to us when you come to visit us, hint, hint.  They had stocked our kitchen with everyting we need for breakfast, and Denuta had made the most wonderful dinner for us- steamed fish and vegetables, roasted potatoes and a delicious, most beautifully decorated cheese cake.  It looked like it had stepped out of a magazine .

What a welcome!  We were in bed shortly after 9.  I woke up at three, just like home some nights, and am all cozy on the wonderful sofa, writing to you.  I expect I will be dozing here in a few minutes.  I do love to nap on the sofa.

Now if you were dealing with a high class blogger, there would be pictures to bring this post to life, but you a not, and the camera is stowed away in a suitcase somewhere.  It seemed like a good idea at the time.  Today, we will find the camera and explore on our own, and tomorrow, Davia will teach us to use the bus, etc.