One of the reasons I moved to Europe was to get a last-minute authentic experience before they ruined it. I got to Lithuania in 2018 — just before they started gentrifying it.

Liepa

A Lithuanian girl from my past.

Marijonas Mikutavičius

A Lithuanian musician, journalist and comedian.

Kaunas Mentality

A still from the Polish series, "Czterej pancerni i pies" (Four Tankers and a Dog).

It should be no surprise that a country whose capital city name means "Devil" would suffer corruption. Lithuania certainly has redeeming qualities, but the psychopathy deemed normal here cannot go unmentioned.

Imaginary Wars

A song about childhood and environmentalism.