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Tag Archives: riga
Summer Thunder in the City
Loud drums, bright flashes from a summerheated storm. Cleansed the city air.
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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En Route To Recovery
For the first time in over 2 months I ran again today (see my Nike+ run). The last two months, I was kept quiet by a knee injury (still not 100% clear, but most probably torn ligaments). The resting period … Continue reading
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 – 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
Skirt Day 2010
Spring officially starts around the 20th of March (in the northern hemisphere) and has to do with the tilting of the earth’s axis towards the sun, lengthening the days. It is when nature comes back to life after hibernation. In … 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
Running Again…
When we decided to move to Riga, of course we had done some research on internet. One of the things I found, was the Riga Marathon. I was putting on kilo’s again, after I stopped running due to first an … Continue reading