Majori Jurmala

Jomas 29 Jurmala, Latvia

Travel Blogs Nearby

Art Nouveau in Riga!

A travel blog entry by sranmal

43

... number of sealed foil pouches which resembled those used by astronauts on space missions, and rustled up a curry! God, the room stunk! I'm not averse to a curry myself, but I don't cook and eat them in my bedroom, let alone someone else's bedroom! Anyway, after freshening up (and opening the windows), I joined the group for an orientation walk of Riga followed by a meal at one of a chain of reasonably priced, self-service ...

Farewell, Latvia

A travel blog entry by samuel.rachael

16

... inside came alive - totally captivating you with the perfect representation on every level of the experience.


We have had some really great opportunities over these past six weeks spent here in Latvia...
It has been very busy moving about from place to place but definitely an enriching experience - being stretched and challenged in many new areas...as well as making many new friends who have both inspired and blessed us.

...Farewell, Latvia...

...

We finally hit the archives!

A travel blog entry by slice_n_dice

2
2

... consult microfiche indexes and not even they're alphabetical!! Surely it would be employment for a few hundred people to input this stuff into a database... mind numbing employment but employment nonetheless!!

Anyway... we looked through a couple of the fonds (collections of documents) to no avail and then found the Police File for Valmiera in 1905. This file contained a list of all the Jews with permission to live in Wolmar, as Valmiera ...

Last week in Ru and last days in Lat

A travel blog entry by bryans4russia

1
10

... John and Ru to see the hand of God throughout their travels and for divine appointments for them. Mike, Rachel and I on Wed as we travel for many many hours with many plane changes etc. For grace and peace and health and divine appointments as well.

We praise God for the marvelous summer of ministry we had in Russia and Praise Him for many of you and your prayers and generosity to help us in this new phase of ...

Into Latvia

A travel blog entry by jonathanfoster

3

... are hocked in a flea market style in the surrounding space.

I was impressed with the great feeling of liberation many of the Latvians exhibited. Beer gardens with performances of Afro-Cuban music and locals flawlessly dancing Salsa. I was compelled to stay in this town for a few days. I didn't mind wo much when torrential rains flooded the basement of the hostel where my laundry was hanging, forcing me to stick around a little ...