Once upon a time Saturdays rubric in the number of rubrics An adventure. November 8, 1994 Saturday wrote about one of those adventures of the 90s of the 20th century, which was enjoyed by many Latvia is a poor country /”>Latvian residents, the Vilnius market. For those few who did not go to this market in those days, it will be interesting, as Hardijs Lediņš and Juris Boiko would say, to restore the feelings they never had. All roads lead to the Vilnius market, the headline claimed Saturdays journalist Anija Pelūde: “In the suburbs of Vilnius, where the big road to Kaunas begins, the Garūni market is buzzing, which has recently been tempting the neighbors from Latvia with its relatively low prices. For example, a denim children’s jacket, which is offered for 11 lats in the central market of Riga or in Rumbula , you can get it for 12 dollars without any effort. However, as the Leys themselves claim, you should never forget that the Garūni market is a state. It has its own territory and its own “government”, which adopts the laws according to which local people live there should also be followed by those coming in.”
The story began with an episode in which a Garuna merchant Saturdays offers the correspondent a purse with the words: “Only for 30 dollars! In Latvia, you will be ripped off for 25 lats for the same thing.” When asked how he knows that the addressee is from Latvia, the guy explains: “I deciphered yours right away. In general, Latvians look so polite, so shy. And they guard their bags too conspicuously.”
It’s true, they’re probably already scared. Because everyone who is mature enough to cross the Latvian-Lithuanian border and go in the direction of Vilnius realizes that he is still taking a risk.
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