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Category Archives: Baltic Postcards
Baltic Postcards – Horseman of Mystery
Dear friends, Saturday morning, or early afternoon, is a perfect time to run some errands. So, yesterday morning I went out for a little supermarket-post office-dry cleaners round. On the corner of our street and another, I saw some police … Continue reading
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Tagged dinamo riga, horseman, Jūliuss Šuplers, mystery, riga, sport
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Baltic Postcards – The Mangalsala Jetty in Exploration Weekend
Dear Friends, In five months you can actually grow into daily routines in a completely new place. A supermarket to do the daily groceries, a restaurant to have a quick bite, a park to walk the dog, a beach to … Continue reading
De Paraplu Performs At Opening Of RMHC Care Mobile
Last Saturday, 17 July, Latvia’s first RMHC Care Mobile was officially opened. During the opening Vermanes Park, circus theatre De Paraplu (the Umbrella) from the Netherlands was giving juggling lessons to children of all ages (yes, me included). Afterwards, they … Continue reading
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Tagged circus, de paraplu, riga, RMHC Care Mobile, Rotjeknor, Vermanes park
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Baltic Postcards – Ligatne Ferry
Dear friends, Latvia has a beautiful countryside, with many national parks, like the Gaujas National Park, just east of Riga. The Gaujas is a relatively small river that runs through it. Several towns an villages are located in the park … Continue reading
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Tagged ferry, Gaujas, Gaujas National Park, latvia, Ligatne
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Baltic Postcards – Riga’s Go Blonde Festival
Dear friends, Last weekend Riga was the Blondes capital of the world for two days with the second edition of the GoBlonde festival. Apart from aiming to bring together the world’s blondes in one place, it also aims to support … Continue reading
Baltic Postcards – Galerija Istaba
Dear All, The weather in Riga has been great the last week, even though it is raining now. And next to that, we had two visits of friends. It is nice to show our guests around the Riga we know … Continue reading
Baltic Postcards – Touring Around Vilnius
Dear friends, B and I walked up the three crosses hill this time. It was a warm walk, because the temperature is really rising in the Baltics now. Yesterday, when we drove down to Vilnius, we could almost see the … Continue reading
Baltic Postcards – Latvijas Nationala Opera
Dear Friends, Recently we premiered at the Latvian National Opera (LNO). Not that we had a show on stage, but we made our first visit. With our weekend guest, we saw the revival of the 1925 version of LNO’s Madama … Continue reading
Baltic Postcards – Happy Easter!
Dear friends, Happy Easter! Those of you who know me, also know that I am not the best at sending postcards for birthdays, Christmas etcetera. Somehow, it just doesn’t work. Sure, there’s the occasional text message, facebook wall post or … Continue reading
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Baltic Postcards – The Last of the Snow
Dear Friends, Even though it is raining mostly now, the spring is really coming now in Riga. The snow is slowly vanishing. The streets are almost free, and the park in front of our house is slowly revealing it’s grassy … Continue reading
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