Archive for June, 2009

Christening

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

A few photos of Oli’s Lithuanian christening, June 2009.

Oli grabbing the priests book, it was either that or the candle he was trying to take, the whole event was quite interesting for him. The priest was good natured about it and mentioned that Oli might one day become a priest himself. Simonas pictured holding Oli [...]

Andrew’s Photos

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Just a link to my coppermine photo gallery
It’s been largely inactive for long periods of time but adding to it now and then has seen the photo number increase to over 350 now.

Gruto Parkas

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

A theme park based on the statues recovered from the Soviet era.
You can walk around this open air park wondering at how many statues of Lenin were actually made, quite a high number I’m guessing. Also there is a restaraunt where you can order traditional soviet era cuisine and a few museums where you can [...]

Trakai 09

Friday, June 19th, 2009

A family picture from in front of Trakai castle June 2009. The first visit to Lithuania for Oli, Mum & Belinda.
We had lunch at the excellent Kybynlar restaraunt and then walked around the castle pushing a pram. Trakai at one point was the capital of Lithuania and was obviously a strong defensive location for a [...]

Colombia

Friday, June 19th, 2009

My online friend Sim Hampel is presently compiling an excellent travel journal about Colombia and his families adventures with adopting a child.
Colombia 2009

Lithuania

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Presently in Vilnius Lithuania.
Wonderful weather and a very nice atmosphere at our house, the wind and the birds in the tree make sitting outside a treat, and the sun till midnight is great as well.
Went to a new shopping centre yesterday that wasn’t around when we were last here two years ago. Everything was a [...]