Amongst the Waves

The title is two things. One-the name of a song by Pearl Jam. Two-a description of the following:
Some things can keep you going during your exchange year. Since you will only be in your country for a year, people want you to experience a lot! While I'm on holiday from school, I'm even busier. This past Saturday, my host dad took me to the northern part of the country and we went horseback riding! It was just like the tours on Mackinac Island where you just sit on a horse and are guided through an area, but it was still fun. The whole 'ride' lasted about 45 minutes. It was just through the woods. It looked very similar to Michigan.
Now I'm losing track of days here since its a vacation, but Monday I went to a city called Ukmergė to visit a girl who was in Minnesota last year, Kristina. Its a very nice city, about the size of Traverse City I think. Its nice, but there isn't much to do. I did get to talk to another exchange student who also knows English very well so that was nice! I met one of her friends too. We also watched The Hangover. I love that movie. I spent the night at her house and the next day (today actually) we went to Vilnius, the capitol, for a Rotary event. I wasn't sure what it was, all I knew is that there was bowling and it was the induction of an Interact Rotary Club. All of this didn't start until six, so we walked around the city. John (another exchange student here) joined us in Ukmergė and we met up with Natalie (also and exchange student) and one of her friends. We just wandered around the city, soaking up being able to speak fluently in English. We did go to McDonalds too! Now I don't really like fast food. I went almost all summer without eating it! But I looked at the menu and decided to get some french fries and a milkshake (vanilla). I don't know if this is what you do, but I dip my french fries in the milkshake. Its just so good! It was nice to eat and experience something similar like that. When we finally went to the Rotary thing, it wasn't much more that I heard. There were some speeches (in Lithuanian but translated to English), some food, and some people. It all took place in a bowling alley too! It was a very small ally, I think only eight lanes, but it was cool. I got to talk to some memebers of the club and we met the other exchange student here from Taiwan, Yu-Shan. I never got around to bowling since there were quite a few people and not many lanes, but it was nice.
I'm looking forward to the next few days now. Tomorrow morning I'll go to Klaipėda with a youth tourist group or something. Its a group of kids from Kaunas that travel during the holidays from school. We'll stay there for three days and two nights. I think we'll also go to another city closeby called Palanga. That should be a good time. I hope to have some good things to tell when I get back! I'll also post some pictures after this too. I have some on my camera, but I don't feel like putting them on my computer yet. I'll get to it eventually!