on a bus to Estonia - Akmens Bridge
a view of Riga from a 26-storey hotel
Orthodox Cathedral
the Freedom Monument that divides Old Town and New Town. during the soviet years, placing flowers at the base of this monument was a crime.
Antonio, our spanish room-mate from Seville. a humorous man with a strong espanol accent...
Vansu Bridge at Daugava river
a man who played really well with his saxophone. i remembered that he played a familiar piece called "don't cry for me argentina" and that was really nice! to a good friend, Alen: "when can you play us a nice music from your saxophone too?" :p
food allotment per week for germans, non-germans and Jews during the occupation 1941
deportation on june 14, 1941 - more than 15,000 people from Latvia, 11,000 from Estonia and 21,000 from Lithuania were deported to the furthest regions of the Soviet Union.
a "parasha" showcased in the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. a parasha was used like a mobile toilet. they were shared by many prisoners at one time. thus, the falling or pouring excrement hit the liquid already in the "parasha" and splased the behinds and the clothes of those sitting and there was not even a piece of toilet paper at all during the entire imprisonment period. these same buckets were also used for gathering drinking water. eeeee.....
spotted a drunk man sleeping on a patch of grass next to the train station. in latvia, it is an offence to drink on the streets. one can be fined 10 lats, which is equivalent to 10 pounds
Central Market
food allotment per week for germans, non-germans and Jews during the occupation 1941 deportation on june 14, 1941 - more than 15,000 people from Latvia, 11,000 from Estonia and 21,000 from Lithuania were deported to the furthest regions of the Soviet Union.
a "parasha" showcased in the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. a parasha was used like a mobile toilet. they were shared by many prisoners at one time. thus, the falling or pouring excrement hit the liquid already in the "parasha" and splased the behinds and the clothes of those sitting and there was not even a piece of toilet paper at all during the entire imprisonment period. these same buckets were also used for gathering drinking water. eeeee.....
spotted a drunk man sleeping on a patch of grass next to the train station. in latvia, it is an offence to drink on the streets. one can be fined 10 lats, which is equivalent to 10 pounds
Central Market
fighting for food
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