A designless celebration
The combination of a sweet cake and tea called “Seven Samurais” were good to start with a day without plans. I went to the Vilnius railway station with a bag of burgers. I did not feel like to go to the North so some of unknown town names in the South and East looked interesting. It was only 45 minutes to Kena, a town close to the border with Republic of Belarus.
There are no cafe, restaurants and bars but only a grocery shop. Old people were sitting on benches in front of the apartments and talking. Boys were playing cards at the entrance. Young people were riding cars and motor bikes or sitting on the road and chatting.
I just walked in the small town for 2 hours until the last train leaves. It was the day of my 35th birthday.
甘いケーキと「七人の侍」というお茶は、行き当たりばったりの一日を始めるのにちょうど良かった。ハンバーガーの入った袋を手に、Vilnius鉄道駅に向かった。北の方には行く気がしなかったので、南と西の知らない街の名前が良さそうに思えた。たった４５分でベラルーシ共和国との国境に近いKenaという街へ。
カフェもレストランもバーもなく、ただ一軒の食料品店があるだけ。老人達はアパートの外でベンチに座っておしゃべり。老人達はアパートの前にベンチに腰掛けおしゃべり。ガキは玄関先でトランプを。若い奴らは車やバイクを乗り回すか、道端に座って話しに花を咲かせていた。
最終電車までの二時間歩き回っただけ。三十五歳の誕生日はこんなものだった。