Tarun Bhatt '04 married Jurga Rimkute in Lithuania in August.

2004

Tarun Bhatt writes: "I married Jurga Rimkute in Lithuania on Aug. 27. We had a traditional Lithuanian Catholic marriage. The ceremony was interesting and exciting because of the cultural differences. Sometimes it felt that I was watching my marriage in subtitles because I do not speak Lithuanian.

"Among various things that were going on at the marriage, I had to carry Jurga across the longest bridge in town to prove that I will take care of her throughout the life, and chop wood to prove that I will be a good host.

"After the marriage celebrations, we went to Neringa Island. Neringa is a Lithuanian national park situated between the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon. The nature, sand dunes, sea, lagoon and forest are breathtaking.

"At the end of the December, we went to India. This was Jurga's first trip to India. She was very excited to try out things such as wearing a sari (Indian dress), henna painting and riding on a camel and an elephant."