Rigas Licis Hotel Jurmala
51 Dubultu Prospekts Jurmala, LV 2015, Latvia
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... my time in Riga was a mixture of walking tours, and listing my major accomplishments, nights out on the town, and afternoons thinking about what matters most to me. Most days, I staked out my place on the comfy couches in the corner and wrote for most of the afternoon. But, by the end, I had drafts of all the essays and a little more comfort with Harvard’s October 1 deadline.
The city itself was another nice, European city. It, of ...
Partying in Riga
... terror involved with WW2 or the soviet union after that. There is an awesome market here which reminds me of Borough market. The guide, Angelis, is a legend. His accent is more English than my own, even though he has only been to England once, and that was to Southend of all places - astonishing. He also takes us to the Russian district where he shoes us this little wooden house. It is the last in the area because the locals burnt down the whole area ...
We finally hit the archives!
... Beila Schmuljan and some of her children - died during this time.
Im still trying to find somewhere that serves food with a bit of chilli in it. Dinner was at a restaurant that turned out to be a weird kind of Jewish/ Israeli type place with chicken soup and felafels (not together). I had chicken soup (again) but would really like something with a bit of kick to it!! Anyone got any ideas???
Up early tomorrow for my tour. Be well ...
Riga-mortis ...
... children in the area.
Elise's arty apartment is on the 6th floor (no elevators...that is a lot of steps to climb if you forget your handbag...about 125 if I remember rightly) and is located in what was part of the "Inner Ghetto" - the ghetto within the ghetto - and comes with a whole baggage load of it's own sickening history.
Elise, leader of YWAM Riga, was joining with one of the local Churches in running a series of Day Camps just a skip around the corner from ...
Latvia?!?
... fashion advice. The food was unimpressive. Nothing to write home about. The architecture was beautiful, though. I got a lot of good pictures of the buildings, and it seemed like there was a church around every corner. Riga seems to be a really old town. Most of the significant buildings suggest that they were first constructed in the 13th or 14th centuries, but were damaged during WWII and ...


