Lithuania travels are complete. Overall, LT was disappointing compared to PL. Lithuania has a lot of sterile, recently renovated public spaces devoid of life - similar to those you find all across middle America.
>Six days' expenses: $318 USD or $53 per day
Somewhat higher than Poland, but not by much. Still slightly cheaper than my roadtrip in Baja California.
>Lodging: $208 USD, $35 per day
Disappointing accomodations. Cramped and poorly furnished. Perhaps due to the huge number of Ukrainian refugees living here, budget rooms are in short supply and overpriced as fuck. I was much more satisfied with my rooms in Poland.
>Food: $71, $11.80 per day
In Poland, I patronized kebab shops, bakeries and corner stores regularly. Here, I did most of my shopping at discount supermarkets, hence the slightly lower daily food spend. Poland definitely has cheaper and better food.
>Transport: $32
Slightly cheaper than Poland, but only because I failed to avail myself of the lower-priced regional rail services in Poland and always used PKP Intercity. Third class train travel in Lithuania meant cramming myself into a compartment with five other people, a dog and two adorable little girls on the three hour journey to Vilnius. People here hate a draft, so they always close windows even if it means rebreathing stuffy air smelling of dog dander.
>Beer: $7
About the same as Poland. No beer sales after 8 PM here, or after 3 PM on Sundays.

In short, Lithuania was more friendly, but not worth a second visit. Poland was more challenging, but it is definitely worth a revisit. Traveling in midsummer subjects you to obscene price-gouging from airlines. $850 USD for a one-way flight from Warsaw to JFK in mid July. Fucking ridiculous. A roundtrip in late August / early September with the same carrier is only $600.