Speaking of Yale . . .

Yesterday I attended a speech at the Macmillan Center at Yale by Lithuania's former President Valdas Adamkus. BTW, he was the European Union's "Man  of the Year" for, I believe, 2009.  Adamkus spoke on the importance of education in helping Lithuania make the transition from communist vassal state to a liberal democracy.

Little known fact: I cooked a lunch for President Adamkus and his wife Alma when they visited Vaiva and me at our home in Riese, a suburb of Vilnius.  I remember most vividly the arrival of the  Presidential cortege turning into our driveway, the state limousines decorated with Lithuanian flags.