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Today's pictures are an assortment. A few were of the train. I want to get a better picture of the conductors or car sttendents. The uniforms remind me of pictures I've seen of flight attendents when they were still called stewardesses and dressed well. There is also a picture of the Magical Mouse. He is only 17 cm high and has an inscription that says "Transform your thoughts into words and words will turn into miracles." If you whisper your wishes into the mouse's ear, they will come true. I love the statues dotted around, just waiting for you to stumble upon them. Or you can go to the tourist bureau as I did and get a map and description. We still mostly stumble across them, because I'm not good about remembering to take the little map. There are 23 listed on the map, and we've seen quite a few of them.
During our walk, we got to observe a Klaipedian, if that's a word, wedding tradition. We had been told that couples like to have pictures made on the bridge and at certain monuments, but we had not realized that they make a circuit around Old Town having their pictures made. We saw 4 brides in about an hour. I expect we will see even more as wedding season arrives with warm weather.
We also discovered today that the monument across the street from us is a popular picture venue. I was familiar with the definition of the word "venue", of course, but until niece Sarah began planning her
October wedding, I never heard the word all that much. Now I have learned that with weddings, it's this venue, that venue and the other venue - for the wedding, the reception, etc. A wedding party and their professional photographer were outside doing pictures when we came home from our walk and shopping. Apparently, part of the tradition has something to do with members of the party having a rather subdued pillow fight - wouldn't want to mess up hair, I guess. I took some pictures from the window. Nosy Americans! Unfortunately, the wedding party blocked my view most of the time.
I'll check into that pillow fight deal and get back to you.
Tonight was taco salad night. Nothing else sounded appealing, somehow, and now that I've found salsa ingredients, it's a snap.
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