I'm from Lithuania, but I'm Russian myself, but maybe I'll tell you a few things about Lithuania, the east from the Baltic sea...
Lithuanian language is from indoeuropean family, one of the oldest ones.
Basketball is said to be the second religion, seems like everybody likes it here, for Lithuanians it's really very important, if the team wins in any tournament, you can actaully hear those screams, laugh, songs just outside about 2:00 pm, and that's Ok.
30% of the whole territory are forests, pines mostly. We have lots of swamps too, many national parks, and a cosy, silent and beautiful seaside, a sand-tongue called the Curonian Spit, personally I think that's the most beautiful place in Lithuania.
We have many lakes, and they are beautiful too, some of them are like clung together and make a wonderful view.
Favorite snacks to beer are garlic bread, cheese, smoked fish. Lithuanian national dish is "Cepelinai"...it has a shape of zeppelin, potato dumplings stuffed with meat or curd mostly. Also, I can add that there are many types of bread, a good bread, an awesome bread of any kind. And we have always fresh, different and tasty milk products. Then, as we are near to the sea, we have fish, and men here like to go fishing, doesn't matter if it's summer of winter.
People here seem to be friendly, patriotic, brave, true. Though they always trying to keep up with everything what is popular, sometimes they get pretty arrogant. Maybe we have too little respect for each other here. There so many guys with sport clothes, and girls use to dye their hair blond Club life is crazy, but I don't go to the clubs, so I can't say much about it.
The last thing: yes, Lithuania is really not bad, BUT...if you ever come here...never laugh at Lithuanian jokes...they aren't funny!!!
Well, only a few things, I could tell much more actaully as a young geographist I love to read your posts as well, that's exciting!