Ricardo Sergio Schmitz
- Ricardo Sergio Schmitz is a Brazilian consultant working in Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Schmitz moved to Vilnius from Portugal to teach at a university and work for Deloitte.
- Schmitz said he loves the city's mindset but initially found it hard to connect with locals.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ricardo Sergio Schmitz, a consultant working in Vilnius, Lithuania. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I've lived in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, for three years now.
When I first moved here, it was part of an Erasmus program in which students spent six months abroad. I studied at Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius.