This month I finally used my vacation properly and went to
visit my homeland for 2 weeks. That was interesting time, experiencing what
probably happens to most emigrants – feeling a bit lost in the country I was
born in. With some people I lost contact, some left country to go as far as United
States, so most time it was just me and family, except some close friends. A
bit sad observation – even though in Lithuania salaries are lower than in Czech
Republic, everything except mobile prices are more expensive, sometimes
significantly. When I started living in Czech Republic I used to see positive
side of Vilnius every time I visited but now I see what can be improved. First of
all, it would be nice to see some activity going on not only in city center and
not only on weekends as now at some moments city looks dead. Also public transport has waaaay to go – trams
are probably not happening any time soon, but night busses, trolleys on time
and more busses can happen (hopefully).
Also another point – Vilnius is not my home anymore, so I am
detached and can observe critically. Euro was bad decision on current economic
situation – country simply was not ready for this so prices increased and
salaries decreased, so as a result people got even angrier.
