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Walking in Riga
... We met the small group for the tour and our crazy tour guide and went on our way for the 2.5hr tour around Rigas 'new town' (their new town is still over 100years old, but its new compared to there old town...). So we went through the Riga markets (in buildings with the roofs of old WWII hangers) that smelt of fish and pickles, through the Moscow area (a large, poor, shifty area ...
The Orphaned Child In Latvia
... still available to be adopted by default of the younger siblings age). This is still difficult because many families will have the younger child legally "separated" from the older child so that they have no obligation for the older sibling of the group.
I hold no judgment.
So, at age 18, the child is told to leave the orphanage. The child is given the equivalent of 90 dollars and set out on their own.
Keep in mind that many of these ...
The meat of the Baltic sandwich
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... parents and the freedom Latvians now hold. In her parents time, under USSR, one would not be able to travel the world, you could not study abroad let alone think of changing your course. Different times, different worlds!
Viktorija led me away from the Old Riga so I could explore it myself the next day. On our way to her second viewpoint, we pass the Freedom monument. Erected in 1918, almost torn ...
LATVIA
... Versailles, built in the 18th century for the Grandduke of Curlandia, a favorite of the Russian Zarina and projected by the famous Italian architect Rastrelli who built the Winter Palace in St.Petersburg, Russia.
Don't loose this amazing country, enjoy Riga old town and its night life, the beach of Iurmala, the Sigulda tour and the palace of Rundale
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Goodbye Baltic Area! Up to Kazakhstan
... stad maakte, was de leukste activiteit. Niet de sight-seeing, maar de gids maakt het tot één van de mooiste tot nu toe. Serge, een Fransman die 5 jaar geleden naar Finland is geëmigreerd. Met behoorlijk Franse tongval vertelt hij me een rijke historie bij elk gebouw dat minimaal is voorzien van een speciale dakgoot of iets soortgelijks. Art-nouveau, Jugendstil, 2e wereldoorlog, bezetting door Zweden, bla bla bla. Niet zo gek die feitenkennis, want later blijkt dat ...
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