Brize Liepaja
Oskara Kalpaka Str. 68/70 Liepaja, LV-3407, Latvia
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Liepaja
... other people staying at the hostel. The next night two Australian guys turned up - I've never met so many Australians while travelling until I entered Europe. Unfortunately most of the ones I have met are very bogany (if that is a word) and don't portray Australians in the best light.
On one of the days here I rented a bike - cruiser style - and went exploring the city. All around the city is musical instrument statues, and ...
A short hop up the coast
... Everything worked however , the staff were very friendly and moreover, they had wifi so the blog could be uploaded. A little confusing to us was that there were brand new finger pontoons on the bank opposite, occupied by 3 or 4 visiting yachts and owned by the Pāvilosta Port Authority (no laundry facilities or wifi) and yet where the latter were, ie in the marina, the pontoon fringing the bank was very underutilised, ...
A Great Meal in Liepaja
Still no internet so no 'Today' programme to listen to as we prepared ourselves for the day, as the rain fell steadily. The first genuinely rainy day we have experienced. Not bad in 48 days! Consequently, I spent the morning blogging and Julie got increasingly frustrated at a Sudoku puzzle she can’t resolve. Now she does Superfiendish ones (ie the toughest) in double-quick time normally but for some reason, this Fiendish one, theoretically easier, has ...
Another Day, another country
... is supposed to be shallow in places and littered with wrecks, we entered the Tirdzniecības kanāls, passing great piles of timber awaiting shipment.
We also noted in the distance our first Russian Orthodox style church, gleaming in the sun. A bit later and just south of the bridge in town, we turned CW around and moored alongside the pontoon, right by the excellent facilities within the ...
Out West
... br> artists, as they are, they LOVE their colour and have splashed it around in the most creative ways. I am very inspired. :)
Funny, if I had been told I would be taking 4 classes each day for a week at a large college several months ago I would have freaked out...but I am actually really enjoying it. LoL, my first time in an actual class at a school and I am the one taking it - and in Latvia of all places.
So I am telling them all about NZ and our missions ...


