Some of the most famous Lithuanian meals are related tospecific Christian holidays.Kūčiukai, a kind of hard bread, are widely eaten in Advent period before Christmas. Easter has a tradition of dying eggs (calledmargučiai) which is seen as an art. During Užgavėnės one just has ...
On the eve of the World War 2 Klaipėda looked just as it did for centuries: 70% of its people wereGermans, while in the surrounding Klaipėda County the situation was reverse with 70% of the population being ethnic Lithuanians. But the War changed everything and the advancing Soviet ar...
Obese (fat) people are becoming the norm in big cities, worse still are the little fat marshmallow kids running around the malls. There is one other point that did not make the list, but I do think it warrants a mention. The Philippines is developing into a fast-food nation. And, i...
Adamo would daydream about the meals he used to have. "I could almost taste sometimes the spaghetti and veal and chicken. And then sometimes I'd think about how nice it would be to have one more steak before I died." His only communication with his wife in Tampa was a three-word ...
We passed the Vatnshellir Cave but did not stop, assuming we needed a tour and also interested in seeing other things in the area for the day. 8. Saxhóll Crater We pulled off to the left and drove down the road to the Saxhóll Crater, estimated to have been formed about 3,000 ...
However, after the Victorian era ended and Modernism started, the modern literature’s influence (I believe) was WW1 and WW2. When you read “Gone with the Wind” and read about people like Ashley Wilkes, you begin to question the purpose of fighting wars. They have always written of ...
I did a quick check around the web, and some people seem to think there may be a link between DES and homosexuality. I haven’t had the time to check further to see what the link looks like or how strong it is. But Kirk’s undescended testicle raises a red flag — it looks like...
She never really ate purees/baby food, but has always sat at the table with us for meals in herStokke high chairand played with toys and we’d sometimes let her play with food too (like the green bean above). At 7 months she grabbed a pizza crust off my plate while I was out wit...
Throughout the years of his youth, Hitler lived the life of a virtual recluse. He greatest wish was to withdraw from the world. At heart a loner, he wandered about, ate meager meals, but devoured the books of three public libraries. He abstained from conversations and had few fr...