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What You Risk Reveals What You Value #5: Riga II – Riga, Latvia

Hanging out with a local was a great way to see a side of Latvia that would have remained hidden to Lizza if she had been on her own.

What You Risk Reveals What You Value #4: Riga, Latvia – Riga, Latvia

Finding something as simple as a phone card can be difficult when you don’t speak the lingo, but the locals are friendly when Lizza gets locked out of her B&B.

Our Liepaja Adventure – Liepaja, Latvia

Patricia Perkins’ poor preparation left her open t

From Baltic to the Black Sea #1

Riga, Latvia 28 August 1999
Dear All,

It’s Wee Cheng writing from a cybercafe in Riga, capital of the Baltic republic of Latvia, also a former Soviet republic. The Latvians speak a language close to no other peoples except the Lithuanians next door, and have not had their own country until 1919. Before that, [...]