We returned from our trip yesterday and went to Raymond & Jeanne's for dinner. Their/Our Lithuanian friend — Vytis, http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-04-15 — was in-country for a short visit. U.S. Immigration contacted him a couple weeks ago and assigned him an appointment time in St. Louis to renew his visa. So he flew over a day or so ago, has his appointment on Monday and takes Amtrak to Chicago to fly back to Lithuania on Tuesday. A whirlwind visit, to be sure, but if he didn't take Monday's appointment in St. Louis, he would have to jump through all sorts of different hoops to renew his visa.
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Love the sunlight here! It was interesting reading about these people. The only Lithuanian-Americans I've ever known of are the tragic family in Upton Sinclaire's "The Jungle."