Concordia Jurmala
Konkordijas 64 Jurmala, Latvia
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Baltic Beach Philosophy
... from fruit, to meat, to fancy shoes. Our only purchase was dill seed. (Gotta bring home the universal Russian seasoning.)
From the market, we walked through Old Town to the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, 1940-1991. In 1940, the country was occupied by the Soviets, then from 1941-1945 came the Nazis, and from 1945-1991 it was the Soviets again. Needless to say, the native Latvians did not fare well under the occupation of ...
Really Unremarkable Riga...
... restaurant in the square). By now the wind was quite strong and several times I really thought I was going to be blown over, so we made our way to a little Mexican restaurant (yes Mexican in Latvia!) and had a yummy and not so expensive meal which made a good change from the pasta and sauce we have most nights!
After our meal, we paid and left the restaurant. We were standing just outside the restaurant (under the roof veranda thing) looking at ...
Cold and Wet but something to think about...
... when I was on the little electric tour bus the other day the english commentary used the term "nowadays name", which I thought was actually quite cute.
So... she explained the history of the Jewish presence in Riga. The city was very integrated and Maskavas, or Moscow, suburb was chosen because it was one of the poorest areas and also already had a fairly large but poor Jewish presence. About 7000 non-jewish ...
Last week in Ru and last days in Lat
... for the one day we were there. It was actually amazing as it cleared for one day and then the next the smke was back again. God's mercy on us!
Our last week in Smolensk was filled with visiting, last teachings, and sadness as it is very hard to leave. The church has many struggles and challenges and as parents we hate to leave when it seems they need us, but really it is not us but more of Jesus they need ...
Poland and Lithuania
... many locals I passed on the way. That would be another loss of dignity to add to the count... We stopped at the first shop we found and I managed to buy a new pair of shoes one size too small and spent the rest of the day gradually turning my feet into one giant blister (that is, in between the bits of tarmac stuck to the bottom of my feet).
Vilnius does not appear to have any shoe shops, which was a bit of a pain given my predicament. It was pretty ...


