The coach trip up to Gatwick was uneventful, apart from the man in the seat behind me who grunted and sighed every ten seconds for the entire four hours. Check-in was uneventful. I had breakfast in Giraffe - toast and orange juice - and then went through the brand new shiny gate to security - there are lots of machines and you scan your own boarding card just like on the Underground - obviously, there were many people who had major trouble doing this. Security...

Last update of trip. I spent the morning wandering the Old Town, said goodbye to Zombie Gediminas, had a look down a few cobbled alleyways and a shopping street I'd never noticed then came back to pick up my luggage. I sat at the station for 45 minutes waiting for the airport train and am now at the airport (and have seen and said hello to Coral). It is 12.50. My flight is at 4.15. Check in hasn't even opened. Won't for another hour and a half. I have never had t...

I was woken up far too early again this morning and took my time getting going. I got to the bus station just in time to be told at the desk that the bus was about to leave, I had to hurry and to buy the ticket from the driver. I hurried, found the platform, stared at the driver but he didn't open the door, he just pointed at the queue on the next platform and drove off. According to the timetable I'd been given, there were plenty more buses. I decided on the...

Today I woke up at about 6 because people in other rooms were being noisy. I didn't get up but I couldn't go back to sleep either. I pulled back the curtains a little bit and played with my phone - the wifi had finally come back after being missing for about twelve hours. When I looked up, the wall was orange, as if the sun was shining right in through the window. I got up and looked outside. It was not sunny. It was snowing. It snowed on and off all morning....

Today I skipped breakfast and made a supermarket my first stop. I'd decided I wanted to go to Vingis Park, an open green area out to the west of the city. I planned my route, avoiding the long route via Gediminas and started off in the Old Town. This starts just around the corner at the Gates of Dawn and it seems to mark the point where the city starts to become pleasant. I went down to the square with the stalls next to the Russian church and this time turne...