Technically I took the trip the weekend before my birthday, but Baiba and I decided to pre-celebrate my 53rd in Belgium. The plan came together based on the cheap tickets I was able to find via Ryanair. I am also working on visiting places I haven’t been yet, and I am slowly covering all the …
It has literally been months since I have written anything, and so much is going on in the world that I feel inspired to make a little blog post. Halloween just ended, but the scariest few days are yet to come. With 2 days until the U.S. election, no one knows what is going to …
Travel to beautiful Vienna and experience mediocre coffee with lots of people walking around in tennis shoes! And see one man urinating on the church steps!
Since I was about 10-years old, I have been in love with Porsches. I remember finding my older brother’s Car & Driver magazine from 1972 or so, and it featured a Porsche 911. Then my Aunt Ruta gave me a special edition of Road & Track that had the worlds fastest cars. The 959 came …
My cultural experience model went off the rails in March when I was suddenly left unemployed with no prospects in Latvia. This came as a huge surprise to me, and even though I am relatively old, and I feel like I should be in a secure place in my life by now, I am not. …
Another trip to Liepāja revealing the cultural lights of the annual birthday festival.
A Walk Around Pardaugava I just felt like writing an update today since it has been so long. I never got to finish my Turku blogs. I mean, I could still go back and do that, but there is a statute of limitations on the prescience of memory and the purpose for writing. Reflection makes …
Why I liked Turku more than Helsinki If you have read any of my past posts, you will know that my opinion for Helsinki is not very high. I had a second chance to visit Helsinki on my way back to Tallinn, and I was open to changing my opinion, but if anything, I liked …
Everything I Know About Finland (Which isn’t much) I spent the last couple of days chatting with people and doing some fact finding in Finland. Whenever I travel, I am always a bit blown away by how little I know about the world and how incredibly huge this planet is. When I moved to Latvia …
Why I didn’t like Helsinki Before I continue, I should tell you the reason for the trip. Before Covid started, I bought a ticket to a Punk in Drublic show with NOFX and some other punk bands. I had gone to see them in Berlin a couple years earlier, and this sounded like a fun …