Chill Inn Liepaja

... could get rid of my cold.

I go to 3 of the bars listed in my guide. Totally dead so I head back to the hostel to work on my blog photos..For $4 more, I chose a 4 bed room which had no other people in it at that time (rather than the 12 bed room that had a few). Worked perfectly. Another solo room but with the benefits of being able to socialize in the hostel. This is the 3rd time that the strategy worked.

... fried potato thingy - the Absinthe made us do it). We tacked on up, hugging the coast with its lovely beaches (but though it was often sunny, unfortunately at 15 degrees only the bloody insane were anywhere near the water). Latvia's roads are pretty good if you stick to the main ones, but that's not really our style. The 'unnamed' roads are mostly unsealed dirt and potholed to buggery, so ...

... to bed quite early. Th 2 nights we talked was very good, she's in LOVE with Italy and i hope that she will manage at some stage to live there. She's a very busy girl, and still hosting people all the time, (she's booked till midd October) It's just normal for her, quite big flat and very confotable sofa, so why not make other people be a part of it.... I have so many other things to say, like the pasta dish that Ance she made me when i arrive to her place yesterday ...

... entrance and staircase were a complete mess (unfinished renovations). The rooms and bathrooms were actually fairly nice, though needed some finishing touches still. This should be a good hostel once it is finished. There's a big kitchen and nice common area with comfy couches, air hockey table, free internet, and a flat panel TV with DVD player. Mary-ism #9: Mary was pretty excited to see that all the ...

... walk goes off the map but it starts at the 2KM long harbor breakwater so I head there. As I'm taking a couple of photos 2 cars drive up separately contain 3 men between them, all of whom give me a questioning and impatient look I`ve been told that the Russian mafia is particularly active in Latvia and having not seen another foreigner all day I decide its time to leave and just start walking north along the beach. The beach is deserted but pretty and ...

Our short stay in Liepaja just wasn't long enough. Our hostel was about 2 blocks away from the beach and it bloody rained. That didn't stop us from going to the beach though. We went out one night with some people from the hostel, but mainly just chilled out playing air hockey, wathing DVD's and drinking.

... deserted and windswept. Not really good for just lazing around and forgetting about the world like Neringa, but they made for a very pleasant day walking up and down, searching for amber and exploring the ruined forts gradually being swallowed by the sea. What drove me out of Liepaja wasn't the lack of anything interesting in town; I just couldn't take the infestation of mormons there.

... EU funding hasn't reached these parts just yet! Only an hour later and we arrived in the Seaside Port city of Liepaja. On first view, driving through the suburbs it looked like we had arrived in a town that was similar to something you would expect in a western film. Wooden houses, saloon-esq style, etc... The place did look fairly run down when we got off the bus but that said we were a little way out of the centre. We walked in the ...

... for two days. there we found our peace of mind. we didn't do much. we didn't talk much. each of us was floating in his own mind, in his own thoughts. nevertheless we felt very comfortable with each other. old friends. in German there is a saying that an old friend is like an old pair of shoes ...

... here. Maybe I should have quit this program right away. I am really not made for studying business. I take everything much too serious. I am much too honest. I can't lie. I want to know what is behind everything. In my program nobody cares about what is behind anything. Everybody just wants a fast degree. I have spent nights worrying about my future. What will happen, if I don't get this degree?! It has been disturbing ...