Where's your home?

So, after one year abroad i came to visit my homeland and after one week i can sincerely say i miss my second home, Brno.
Somehow i had hopes that stuff improved up there, but it's what it was - just hopes.
To start with - public transport, ugh!.. User not friendly, rarely going and ages old. Two years ago they started so called 'reforms' there and then it went downhill. First names of stations were changed to longer, not pronounceable for foreigners ones which people strongly disapproved (old names are still unofficially used, nobody still says 'Karoliniškių poliklinika', they say 'Kometa' (name still used by taxi) and so on, especially on one which goes '... seniūnija'. Even language commission informed me (i actually wrote email) and said that their recommendation was to use short names, which our 'beloved' parish just didn't care about. Then e-ticket which didn't work at all for first few months and still not working properly and considered as swear word by locals. And instead of improving existing system, mayor still dreams about bikes and metro. Also Vilnius is not for active / young people. Not only zero night transport (after 23:00 basically impossible to get home if one doesn't live in old town), but also zero thoughts about most popular routes - overcrowded all the time and goes very rarely. And yet, 'only buses' lines were introduced. Damn, if i see Vilnius mayor or some parish officials one day, i will tell them they are stupid. Because they are, no matter how politically incorrect it is.
There's slight improvements in streets as Lithuania is leading ES parliament this year and politicians wanted to look good in international arena. But well, politicians don't live among people or use public transport so improvements is mostly in public buildings. Otherwise not much changes. Some places closed, some opened. I was really dissapointed that instead of one of my favorite places, 'Visų šventųjų baras' now there's quite awful place called ''Taverna diaspora' with overpriced beer and awful seating (trying to put 100 people in place for 30). 'Coffee hill' is also sadly closed...

La primavera!

After such a late spring nice weather finally came to Brno!
Near my work even gardening season began. That's on of the things i really like down there - if people are trying to make surroundings more enjoyable for eyes only little percentage of other people tries to destroy them. Even if locals drink like born with this habit, smokes (everything) like chimneys and they usually don't throw stuff where it doesn't belong.
Last week my mom visited me so after half a year of not seeing each other we enjoyed out time together, although for that i had to overdone myself and work two weeks 7.30 - 18.00 to have that week shorter. We went to the zoo with is now overloaded with screaming kids and blooming live. We especially liked some wild pigs family - they just had two new members and everybody was protecting them - shielding and following around. That's how family should work.
We also checked Mendel's museum of genetics, which although small was quite interesting. Just some stuff was only in english so my mom, who is biologist-genetics enthusiast explained me lots of stuff about Mendel's work. Garden outside abbey (next to that day overloaded Starobrno brewery ) was simply stunning. It still never ceases to amaze me how many unknown species are there, south.

Impeccable days

After moving to Czech republic, Brno, I suddenly become aware how much I miss real, paper letters or post cards. At my early days there I was buying postcards and sending to relatives every week or so. I got word back only from few but still was joyous about it. Now I really fancy buying pretty postcards when I notice them. In this world and time when social networks takes big part in communication, these letters and postcards is great pleasure for me. Damn, I still remember that I got my first mobile phone at age of 16 and as a kid used to play with friends outside, make 'sekrets' in forest and never find them (sekret is small miracle in the ground, created with making a little hole, putting treasured stuff (for kids it was flowers, small toys, candies...) and putting piece of glass on the top). I know that dumb people assume that in my country we speak russian and live in total soviet style hating all russians and polish, but while my childhood actually WAS in soviet style it was real childhood, not damaged by social networks and internet. I still enjoy reading books in paper..

I remember one time i was asked which time period i would choose if i had opportunity to travel in time. Based on how world is nowadays i knew at instant that i would travel back in time. But then i was doubting what i would choose - eighties somewhere in USA (i like feeling smarter than most of others and based on media this period was quite fun there) or 15th century somewhere in Russia (long explanation : central / western Europe was not safe for women as due to crazy Catholics and wars, and in Russia they always (almost) cherished they women and i would like to see more of a country). I decided on eighties as my historical knowledge took over.

Some days in nature

Last week I spent some time in godparents place in some small town (Marijampolė) in nature. Weather was really nice, exept from some rain and quite strong wind before arrival.  Week was very relaxed as i didn‘t have to bother about all the stress i‘m having tiese last days.
I wish i would be able to visit them more often as the area is extremely beautiful. Last year when i went there for car repairs i used time and went around to visit some small villages and hills around as city itself is small enough to see everything in few hours. As a big city girl i always manage to get lost there even with only few "main" streets.

I thought about going to swim in the river but it sems that footbridge was drifted away in the last flood so i was kinda afraid to step in the water when i can‘t clearly see the bottom and there‘s lots of grass there.

When i arrived home, i separated my female guinea pig from male and next day i found out she had a baby. Only one, but very beautiful one. It‘s a boy. He‘s now constanly growing.In picture he's two hours long. They are born with fur, can open eyes instantly and has very small teeth.

Weekend was spendė in nature. Saturday in Molėtai with some acquitances and ugly annoying liar English guy. Everybody was such crybabies, complaining that there are no showers, mosquitos and bat bottom of the lake in nature. I barely survived it. Saturday – by the river Širvinta with family and friends. It was raining thought, but water was just awesome. Cant’ wait for this weekend.