oh I'm gonna cry because I'm so happy we have woken up and everything is blanketed with the
perfect amount of snow and it's cold it's actually minus one negative one with a snow warning
I'm just so happy it's like a Christmas movie
and immediately where I feel the cold most first it's right down here holes in the shoes suck
it's on all the trees in the roof since
so we have come up with a little bit of a plan today first things first we're going to try and
get to a cafe have some food and warm up with some coffee next we really need to hit up a secondhand
store because both of us have holes in our shoes and when you walk on snow it gets all melty our
socks are already wet it's not a good time we figure secondhand store in a country like this
is gonna have pretty warm stuff no matter what you get so that's what we're going to try and do
other than that there is a bunch of traditional Lithuanian food that we want to try there's like
this meat filled potato dumpling there's like garlicky bread it's just all sounds amazing and
finally we're going to try and go to a different Republic that's inside villainous technically
technically we are going to another country today very very technically
it sounds so funny because that's how you say like you've sneezed so I was like is that how
you say thank you and they both laughed at me and said yes at least we got it right we have
come to Beigelistai for a bagel and coffee this morning because bagels have quite an
interesting history here in Lithuania basically after World War II they were
kind of gone and then this group of people got together and just brought them back and
now everyone's obsessed so cool such a cool story I read like an article about it and
got really excited and then all I could think about was a bagel so I really wanted thank you
I went
for the classic salmon and cream cheese and it is freaking amazing it's like it's
an everything bagel as well so crispy and the poppy seeds and sesame seeds
what a start to the day
this is amazing I don't know if it's just because I'm an amazing mood they're playing
Christmas music it's all cozy inside it's snowing outside but that is the best bagel I've ever had
those bagels were delicious some of the best I've ever had in my life as well so we're
probably gonna end up starting each morning there I reckon it's expensive but it's delicious [Music]
I'm just so happy I can't get over it I know that this would be so mundane to such a large
population of the world that there's snow here but I just am obsessed with it I love
it so much it makes me so happy I feel like a little kid again how giddy I am
We are having no luck with these second-hand shops they're all quite expensive
still like 22 Euro for like a jumper or something like that which isn't crazy we know but we just
we're used to second-hand shops that it's like two bucks to buy something yeah yeah these are more
Boutique dress-upy yeah sort of ones so maybe we're yet to find the right shop try one more
and then sightseeing yeah and that is zero from three on the secondhand shops really was like oh
yeah we're gonna have no problem just go into one second hand shop and we'll be out with a couple of
things each for pretty cheap I think we need to do some more research make sure we're going to
the right places yeah I have a feeling we're going to vintage clothing shops instead of second hand
and I feel like that's a big difference for some reason but now we're heading to the what is it
called now we're going to who's the best time to get out of Lithuania for a while we need a break
I thought for sure that was going to be full
of kids it's all like women our age or older being like
so festive
I love this town so much
Our Airbnb host told us that Vilnius is the city of churches and supermarkets and we can see why
he said this this is like the fifth Church we've seen already this one's real Gothic
with the snow all capped on top it's so pretty
we are currently crossing the bridge into a different Republic It's called Užupis
it's covered with snow the river looks freezing apparently like a little bit of a hipster sort
of town and there's heaps of artists here and the street art kind of takes on a whole nother level
our host did say it's a lot better in summer but I like it in winter so far
In the Constitution everyone has the right to love and take care of the cat the dog has the
right to be a dog the cat is not obliged to love its owner but must help in time of need
so there was a guy behind us giving a tour about the Constitution we found out that it's got so
many cats and dogs in there because the two guys that founded this place one love cats and one love
dogs I can be here for that apparently at one point as well this place had its own Army like
they were full-on independent it's like 20 people in the army uh 11. 11 people in yeah still counts
and that was us very quick travel day another fun fact about it is that there's 7 000 people
that live there and about a thousand of them are artists not that great at maths but that's like 15
of everyone that lives there is an artist. if snow wasn't covering most of it would be able
to see heaps of different artworks all around the town I can see the appeal in summer like
there's these bars that kind of line the river really nice to sit at have a nice beer that's
the famous Užupis swing Emily didn't want to go on it so blame her there's no footage of her on her
hike it's kind of uphill right yeah I assume
so because it's a Viewpoint yeah to get to a viewpoint
is it a castle uh Fortress Fortress I don't know one of the main things to
do here apparently you get a good view of the city so 15 minutes on foot and I think
once we've done that we would have worked up enough of an appetite for some potato
dumplings and some fried garlic bread yeah aka the thing we're most excited for pretty much
Walking in a winter wonderland that's the song that's in my head all day
this is so cool oh look an igloo the Christmas tree is here the Christmas tree Christmas tree
is for tomorrow night I literally can't get over it you'd think at this point in
the day we've been out for hours I'd be like yeah it's just white stuff no no no
construction work in progress it's been a while since we've hosted
this dilemma which is the standard all of Europe under construction
yeah I'm so sorry let's go look at the Cathedral okay
it is a massive clock showing the countdown to villainous 700th birthday oh it's animated
This is the Vilnius cathedral behind us
it looks like it's right in the middle of the square that's setting up for the Christmas
markets which we plan on coming to see tomorrow and I'm very very excited for now we're going
to finish our day with the thing we've been looking forward to most Lithuanian food yes
Could we please get the fried bread sticks with cheese and then they're traditional yeah just
one please that's all for now we have come to a traditional Lithuanian restaurant recommended by
our Airbnb host and it was the first restaurant in Lithuania 100 Years of cooking in this restaurant
that's crazy we have ordered the fried breadsticks and a potato dumpling thing
I'm so excited because it sounds amazing wow oh my God the breadsticks look so oily and delicious
oh my God you're gonna want to order another portion of that that is heaven
they are so great crispy and greasy and that cheese sauce is so creamy
wow
I would never have even thought of the cheese sauce has like garlic in it as well which is
apparently the more traditional one quite a bit ago like now that I'm tasting it and they're so
crispy and delicious that's like I can that's like a movie snack for me like I could eat that
all the time oh double dip I can't believe sorry I can't believe that is traditional food
I love Lithuania the dumplings look creepy because they're like almost like an eyeball [Music]
so we've got the traditional style potato dumpling which is the national
dish of Lithuania I believe and it comes with a sour cream and crackling sauce
incredible it's like this really tender meatball surrounded by creamy mashed potato
topped off with amazing sour cream with some pork crackling in there oh Lithuanian food here
so apparently you can get a few different insides like cheese but
meets the traditional one and it's even more traditional so it says
on the menu if you have this sour cream crackling over it too that's all we got
so unusual it's like potatoes slash dumplings slash really nice meat throw some sour cream over
it kind of like a little bit like the Bosnian ones but much much bigger and I think tastier
sorry Bosnia everything we've had today has been incredible
I think now we're going to try and find something to wash these down
Lithuanian food has just skyrocketed to right near the top of my favorite Cuisines like
knock off pasta and pizza from Italy breadsticks delicious and just a cool place aggressive Bells
you pretty good way to finish our Day in Vilnius Lithuania you have my heart
yeah okay
the fridge wasn't turned on so
give it a minute
weird