I've done that trip, it's a bit of a mission. I've been in Lietuvą for 2 years now. It takes a bit of getting used to, especially the winters. The language is not easy to learn and you may get fed up with people constantly driving up your backside but apart from that, it's a lot safer for your children, you will be less stressed, eventually 😁 and you'll live a lot healthier as well. Lithuanians are great once they know you. I wish you well on your new adventure
Yeh, the drivers are a little much with theyr crazy overtaking the panick breaking to get in the gaps .... we are originally from Lithuania and speak the language :) but we lived most of our lives in UK. It's a beautiful country and love the fact that we will most likely get a white Xmas haha 😄 can't wait 😀
@craig3782 🤣🤣 that's what 18 years in UK does to you haha we have lived in UK pretty much all of our adult years as well as a biiiig part of our childhood there , so I guess we have picked up the accent naturally 😀 How do you like Lithuania? What made you move here ?
@@juodarozeMy wife is Lithuanian. We moved for probably more or less the same as you, less stress, safer environment, to grow some of our food, and for my wife to see her family more. There was nothing keeping us in the UK. Our son is 14 and I started to worry about his safety. It's definitely a safer environment for him, he's not very street wise. He settled into his new school straight away and loves it. He speaks Lithuanian so that's not a problem for him. I asked him if he wanted to move back to England?, He replied "No way".
@craig3782 That's amazing. I'm glad you are finding Lithuania a great place for your family. Life goes that little slower here especially If you are in the countryside. There are lots to do but it's all on your terms and no pressure:) In regards to safety I'm not sure, youths are different here but you get bad apples wherever you go .
@@juodaroze : My wife is Latvian. In addition, the reasons were affordable housing, low population density and all the benefits that come with it such as lower pollution. With crystal clear nights and the Milky Way etched like spray paint clearly across the sky. Abundant wildlife visiting the garden here such as moose, elk, beavers, pine martins, bears in the winter and sometimes even wolves. In all, just the peace and quiet of one of Europe's last truly natural wilderness's. The Baltic states are a stunningly beautiful part of the world.
@@cuhurun I couldn't of put it better myself. I am very glad you're able to enjoy this beautiful part of the globe. All the best to you and your family. P. S love the milky-way, sometimes I can just sit there staring at the sky wondering what else is out there :)
Hello there!!! Happy to see how brave you are to do that move!!! I’m doing this move myself Tonight with a Van full of stuff!!! I hope everything goes well!!!! I’m Romanian and my wife is Lithuanian !!! ❤
@@juodaroze I'm visiting Siauliai in September, i first came to LT in 2012...and a lot has changed since then, even some of my friends are thinking about moving
Great and Wishing you the best in Lithuania - I was there as a tourist with my freinds from BANGKOK in June 13-15, 2023. Wonderful country! 💛💚❤ I have to say that I really love Lithunius - people is helpful and friendly. I will be there again - and maybe cross to Baltic Sea from STOCKHOLM to live in Vilnius for some months next year. Cause I will be retired after working in Sweden for 42 years . Thank you for sharing ✌ Best Wishes from STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN 🎁🌲🌲🌲🌼🌼🌼🌼🥀🥀
@@juodaroze so far. I know I know. Russia. But in my defense of only seen Estonia and Russia out of these areas. I'm also A B1 in Russian. I'm actually going to Vilnius in 2 weeks! 😁 so I'll let you know. Unfortunately/not so much I'm doing a whole city break thing. So I can't see the wider country of Lithuania, which I hear is beautiful. Ideally next trip after. I want to take a train up the Baltics because it's really not far from Vilnius to Riga. I just don't have the money this time round.
@mpb6491 sounds great 👍 and we'll as cultures and architectures go Russia supposed to be nice especially stpeterburg but I never been so can't say for sure. You will like the countryside of Lithuania and you might even be lucky to see one of the old boys still using horse and cart to get around between the villages. I personally love the fact horses are actually functioning in the villages. Absolutely majestic animals (hoping to have some ) in future haha
@@juodaroze ooo that sounds good. Shame I don't have more time to ferry a ride to a village. But I've set alot on my itinerary. Hopefully you'll meet that dream. I'm sure it's not even a long journey on horse from one side of the country to the other. Oh and I've been to St Petersburg. It is as all Russians cities a mixture of beautiful and depressing. But st Petersburg is a special case. It's the cultural capital of Russia for sure. And heavily influenced by its proximity to Europe. But it's absolutely worth it to see. I think there is 10+ palaces In that city. And it has double the population of all of Lithuania in one city. It's quite a busy bustling place.
@@juodaroze so as I'm in Vilnius I can see the charm that lead you to want to move here. Already I feel home. Sure I see the touristic areas. But I know the whole vibe of the country it's not all just beautiful. But it has this certain calling of home I cannot explain
Ive done this drive twice and it does take so doing but good choice. Natural life, cant beat it. I hope to follow you. 👍 you wont need luck but i wish you the best.
Hi. Yes my journey at toyota has come to an end after learning many lessons and meating many great people it was time for me to move on. Thank you for your good wishes. Stay healthy.
Labas!! Congrats on the move! I was wondering if i could be so bold as to ask you some more specific/personal questions about your move? Me and my lithuanian husband are about to move to Kaunas from the UK and we've hit confusing snag around customs declarations. We've hired someone to take most of the larger stuff like our bed for example but i don't trust anyone moving my TV and accompanying Sonos so we're planning on taking it in the car with us. The only issue is from what we've read so far it's going to cost £600+ in taxes! I was just wondering if you had anything similar happen or are we missing something? Any help would be apreciated 😀
Hi, thanks :) Yeh no problem I can answer few of your questions for sure. Well first of all to pay customs as far as I was aware you don't pay anything if you basically moving your own goods that you have already paid taxes on and intend to use yourself and not sell. I had loads of tools and things that I accumulated over the years and TV, vacuum cleaner, and all that kind of stuff around the house that we wanted to keep and put in a big van that we hired from guys that regularly drive to LT and UK making deliveries. It cost us 1.5k but all the stuff got there ok. we left all the bulky stuff like beds, sofas, and even a beautiful solid oak wardrobe with a tv stand just because if you have a sentimental value to something then it is definitely worth taking, otherwise, it would probably get damaged in transit or even at home whilst you get things sorted . And in LT you will definitely find nice beds to buy or wardrobes and they will be new. we sold most of our stuff with the idea that we would spend the money we got on basically new stuff that would suit our new home. But in short, sell what you can and buy new in LT IKEA and all the other shops exist here. Get a delivery man with a van that does the drive on a regular basis, fill it with your stuff and he will get it where you want it. then get what is left in your car and have a nice drive with no unnecessary stress or fly :D hope that helps.
Hey, I can see that this video is a year old. How is life in Lithuania after a year? Did you have trouble adapting? My wife is English and we're also planning to move to LT at some point in the future. Was there a big culture shock for someone who grew up in UK?
@gairionysten3188 hi there 😊 in regards to adapting it was pretty easy for us as we speak Lithuanian and we're aware of the culture. There was some struggle with harsh winters and I guess how direct some people can be here but not all haha don't be surprised if you smile at someone and they look at you like you're crazy smiling at a stranger hahs but I would say that's the older generation haha for example I have done some shopping and was carrying it out the store with my small daughter in my hands and this lady was in front of me she came out the door and practically let it loose on to my face lol making me basically kick the door as my hands were clearly full haha I don't know why but this has stuck myth me as I guess I would never do that to anyone especially a kid in theyr hands haha how ever these things are rare . In general I would say people are pretty polite here especially to foreigners:) we sometimes speak English with each other in the public as it's easier and my oldest daughter still talks mostly English even tho she knows both languages so in public we get some looks but all good in general haha The winters are harsh especially where we live and the access can be difficult after a storm as we're pretty rural but the road gets cleaned by the government eventually lol . But all in were absolutely loving it :)
We want land to grow our own food and have plenty of space for children and dogs. In UK price of land is very expensive, so taking all into consideration it was the only logical decision.
@@juodaroze great choice, I wish you the best. I have a similar idea to move to the country side and grow my own food because the cities are getting too stressful.
@@juodaroze , kas gali būt sunkiau bei būt svetimoj šaly apsuptam užsieniečių kupinų neapykantos tau? Statysin Lietuvą nuo pamatų, ganysim LRT užaugintus avinus ir darysim tvarką. Reiks pagalbos padėsim viens kitam kaip darė mūsų seneliai. Aš britus palikau dar 06 m grįžau į vokiečius. Dabar bus sugrįžimas namo. Tokių sugrįžėlių yra, ir mes itin palankiai tarpusavy sutariam. Vietinę fauną auklėsim. Nenusimink, Maskva per dieną nepasistatė. Žingsnis po žingsnio ir atsistosi ant kojų. Svarbiausia, kad vaikai augs gamtos apsupty harmoningai. Visa kita nesvarbu. Mes augom 90 ais sunkiais laikais kai visą pramonę žlugdė. Laikai buvo labai nepalankūs, bet užaugom, badu nemirėm, neprapulsim ir dabar 😉
I've done that trip, it's a bit of a mission. I've been in Lietuvą for 2 years now. It takes a bit of getting used to, especially the winters. The language is not easy to learn and you may get fed up with people constantly driving up your backside but apart from that, it's a lot safer for your children, you will be less stressed, eventually 😁 and you'll live a lot healthier as well. Lithuanians are great once they know you. I wish you well on your new adventure
Yeh, the drivers are a little much with theyr crazy overtaking the panick breaking to get in the gaps .... we are originally from Lithuania and speak the language :) but we lived most of our lives in UK. It's a beautiful country and love the fact that we will most likely get a white Xmas haha 😄 can't wait 😀
@@juodaroze Wow! You threw me, neither of you sound Lithuanian, you have a better English accent than me 😆
@craig3782 🤣🤣 that's what 18 years in UK does to you haha we have lived in UK pretty much all of our adult years as well as a biiiig part of our childhood there , so I guess we have picked up the accent naturally 😀
How do you like Lithuania? What made you move here ?
@@juodarozeMy wife is Lithuanian. We moved for probably more or less the same as you, less stress, safer environment, to grow some of our food, and for my wife to see her family more. There was nothing keeping us in the UK. Our son is 14 and I started to worry about his safety. It's definitely a safer environment for him, he's not very street wise. He settled into his new school straight away and loves it. He speaks Lithuanian so that's not a problem for him. I asked him if he wanted to move back to England?, He replied "No way".
@craig3782 That's amazing. I'm glad you are finding Lithuania a great place for your family. Life goes that little slower here especially If you are in the countryside. There are lots to do but it's all on your terms and no pressure:)
In regards to safety I'm not sure, youths are different here but you get bad apples wherever you go .
Svajonės pildosi. Laisvi tik Tėvynėje. Didelės sėkmės jaunimui, kuriančiam Lietuvą.
Dėkui labai už palaykimą.
If you have a dream, you don’t need a plan “B”…
Būkit sveiki ir laimingi savo namuose💕
I completely agree 👍
Dėkui už nuoširdu palinkėjimą
Good luck to you and enjoy your new start, from a fellow Brit who's been living in Latvia for the past 8 years.
Thank you very much. What has brought you to our sister nabour Latvia?
@@juodaroze : My wife is Latvian. In addition, the reasons were affordable housing, low population density and all the benefits that come with it such as lower pollution. With crystal clear nights and the Milky Way etched like spray paint clearly across the sky. Abundant wildlife visiting the garden here such as moose, elk, beavers, pine martins, bears in the winter and sometimes even wolves.
In all, just the peace and quiet of one of Europe's last truly natural wilderness's.
The Baltic states are a stunningly beautiful part of the world.
@@cuhurun I couldn't of put it better myself. I am very glad you're able to enjoy this beautiful part of the globe. All the best to you and your family.
P. S love the milky-way, sometimes I can just sit there staring at the sky wondering what else is out there :)
Hello there!!! Happy to see how brave you are to do that move!!! I’m doing this move myself Tonight with a Van full of stuff!!! I hope everything goes well!!!! I’m Romanian and my wife is Lithuanian !!! ❤
Thanks for the support 🙂 I hope your trip has gone smoothly 😊
Thank you!!!! I’m here !!!! All good !!! Best wishes
I'm from the UK and i want to move to Lithuania...love the country and culture
It is lovely here 😊
Where abouts are you thinking of moving ?
@@juodaroze Kaunas or Siauliai
@@juodaroze I'm visiting Siauliai in September, i first came to LT in 2012...and a lot has changed since then, even some of my friends are thinking about moving
Šaunuoliai! Džiaugiuosi, kad sugrįžote. Didžiausios sėkmės jums tautiečiai ❤
Dekui uz palaikyma :)
Great and Wishing you the best in Lithuania - I was there as a tourist with my freinds from BANGKOK in June 13-15, 2023. Wonderful country! 💛💚❤
I have to say that I really love Lithunius - people is helpful and friendly. I will be there again - and maybe cross to Baltic Sea from STOCKHOLM to live in Vilnius for some months next year. Cause I will be retired after working in Sweden for 42 years . Thank you for sharing ✌
Best Wishes from STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN 🎁🌲🌲🌲🌼🌼🌼🌼🥀🥀
I'm very glad that you liked this beautiful country:) hope your next stay here will be even better 😀 thank you so much for the support 🙏
I want to do something like this. My heart is somewhere in a slavic or baltic country i just don't know where yet till i visit them all!
What's your favorite so far ? Have you visited Lithuania yet?
@@juodaroze so far. I know I know. Russia. But in my defense of only seen Estonia and Russia out of these areas. I'm also A B1 in Russian. I'm actually going to Vilnius in 2 weeks! 😁 so I'll let you know. Unfortunately/not so much I'm doing a whole city break thing. So I can't see the wider country of Lithuania, which I hear is beautiful. Ideally next trip after. I want to take a train up the Baltics because it's really not far from Vilnius to Riga. I just don't have the money this time round.
@mpb6491 sounds great 👍 and we'll as cultures and architectures go Russia supposed to be nice especially stpeterburg but I never been so can't say for sure.
You will like the countryside of Lithuania and you might even be lucky to see one of the old boys still using horse and cart to get around between the villages. I personally love the fact horses are actually functioning in the villages. Absolutely majestic animals (hoping to have some ) in future haha
@@juodaroze ooo that sounds good. Shame I don't have more time to ferry a ride to a village. But I've set alot on my itinerary.
Hopefully you'll meet that dream. I'm sure it's not even a long journey on horse from one side of the country to the other.
Oh and I've been to St Petersburg. It is as all Russians cities a mixture of beautiful and depressing. But st Petersburg is a special case. It's the cultural capital of Russia for sure. And heavily influenced by its proximity to Europe. But it's absolutely worth it to see. I think there is 10+ palaces In that city. And it has double the population of all of Lithuania in one city. It's quite a busy bustling place.
@@juodaroze so as I'm in Vilnius I can see the charm that lead you to want to move here. Already I feel home. Sure I see the touristic areas. But I know the whole vibe of the country it's not all just beautiful. But it has this certain calling of home I cannot explain
Welcome home. 🙂 Greetings from 🇩🇪
Thanks. We had some really nice food during our trip through Germany :D
God bless you 💕🤗 Your Family member Two Puppy and All members 😂 Thank You.
Thank you for your support
Ive done this drive twice and it does take so doing but good choice. Natural life, cant beat it. I hope to follow you. 👍 you wont need luck but i wish you the best.
Thank you very much. It takes a lot of work to get things moving but definitely worth it 👌
Great video Ed and Sandra. Glad you all made it safely. We look forward to the next installment!
Thanks buddy. Lots more to follow as lots more to do 🙈🙈😂
hi, I heard you left toyota.i wish you success in your new life, I hope everything will turn out as you thought, stay healthy
Hi. Yes my journey at toyota has come to an end after learning many lessons and meating many great people it was time for me to move on. Thank you for your good wishes. Stay healthy.
Congratulations .
Thank you. There will be more in future :)
Labas!! Congrats on the move! I was wondering if i could be so bold as to ask you some more specific/personal questions about your move?
Me and my lithuanian husband are about to move to Kaunas from the UK and we've hit confusing snag around customs declarations. We've hired someone to take most of the larger stuff like our bed for example but i don't trust anyone moving my TV and accompanying Sonos so we're planning on taking it in the car with us. The only issue is from what we've read so far it's going to cost £600+ in taxes!
I was just wondering if you had anything similar happen or are we missing something? Any help would be apreciated 😀
Hi, thanks :)
Yeh no problem I can answer few of your questions for sure.
Well first of all to pay customs as far as I was aware you don't pay anything if you basically moving your own goods that you have already paid taxes on and intend to use yourself and not sell. I had loads of tools and things that I accumulated over the years and TV, vacuum cleaner, and all that kind of stuff around the house that we wanted to keep and put in a big van that we hired from guys that regularly drive to LT and UK making deliveries. It cost us 1.5k but all the stuff got there ok. we left all the bulky stuff like beds, sofas, and even a beautiful solid oak wardrobe with a tv stand just because if you have a sentimental value to something then it is definitely worth taking, otherwise, it would probably get damaged in transit or even at home whilst you get things sorted . And in LT you will definitely find nice beds to buy or wardrobes and they will be new. we sold most of our stuff with the idea that we would spend the money we got on basically new stuff that would suit our new home.
But in short, sell what you can and buy new in LT IKEA and all the other shops exist here. Get a delivery man with a van that does the drive on a regular basis, fill it with your stuff and he will get it where you want it. then get what is left in your car and have a nice drive with no unnecessary stress or fly :D
hope that helps.
❤Aciu! Sekmes!!!
Dekui 😁
Hey, I can see that this video is a year old. How is life in Lithuania after a year? Did you have trouble adapting? My wife is English and we're also planning to move to LT at some point in the future. Was there a big culture shock for someone who grew up in UK?
@gairionysten3188 hi there 😊 in regards to adapting it was pretty easy for us as we speak Lithuanian and we're aware of the culture. There was some struggle with harsh winters and I guess how direct some people can be here but not all haha don't be surprised if you smile at someone and they look at you like you're crazy smiling at a stranger hahs but I would say that's the older generation haha for example I have done some shopping and was carrying it out the store with my small daughter in my hands and this lady was in front of me she came out the door and practically let it loose on to my face lol making me basically kick the door as my hands were clearly full haha I don't know why but this has stuck myth me as I guess I would never do that to anyone especially a kid in theyr hands haha how ever these things are rare . In general I would say people are pretty polite here especially to foreigners:) we sometimes speak English with each other in the public as it's easier and my oldest daughter still talks mostly English even tho she knows both languages so in public we get some looks but all good in general haha
The winters are harsh especially where we live and the access can be difficult after a storm as we're pretty rural but the road gets cleaned by the government eventually lol . But all in were absolutely loving it :)
Lovely
Thanks
🇱🇹 Sveiki sugryze
Sveiki ir dėkui už palaikymą :)
Your Driving is Best. Because. Left Side,& Right Side. Thank you 😂
Thank you 😊
what was the reason to move to Lithuania?
We want land to grow our own food and have plenty of space for children and dogs. In UK price of land is very expensive, so taking all into consideration it was the only logical decision.
@@juodaroze great choice, I wish you the best. I have a similar idea to move to the country side and grow my own food because the cities are getting too stressful.
@@nizam-alem6761 definately and then at least you can rely on yourself a little more.
kokie jus saunuoliai, kad grizot namo :) sekmes didziausios :)
Dekui uz palaikyma:)
Hello fereigner, now learn lithuanian language. Without language will be not easy for u.
As Lietuvis , kalba zinau bet vienaip ar kitaip lengva nebus :D 😀
@@juodaroze , kas gali būt sunkiau bei būt svetimoj šaly apsuptam užsieniečių kupinų neapykantos tau? Statysin Lietuvą nuo pamatų, ganysim LRT užaugintus avinus ir darysim tvarką. Reiks pagalbos padėsim viens kitam kaip darė mūsų seneliai. Aš britus palikau dar 06 m grįžau į vokiečius. Dabar bus sugrįžimas namo. Tokių sugrįžėlių yra, ir mes itin palankiai tarpusavy sutariam. Vietinę fauną auklėsim. Nenusimink, Maskva per dieną nepasistatė. Žingsnis po žingsnio ir atsistosi ant kojų. Svarbiausia, kad vaikai augs gamtos apsupty harmoningai. Visa kita nesvarbu. Mes augom 90 ais sunkiais laikais kai visą pramonę žlugdė. Laikai buvo labai nepalankūs, bet užaugom, badu nemirėm, neprapulsim ir dabar 😉
tikiuos patiks jum musu šalis ❤ 🇱🇹
Tikrai patinka 💛💚❤️ dekui uz palaikyma.
Why? You guys are crazy
Which part do you think is crazy 🤪??
Best of luck
Thanks 😊