Forgive me! I have been busy working a full-time job and surviving the brutal Latvian winter. I have been feeling the urge to write ever since receiving Christmas letters from my sister and brother where they told the tales of their year in review. It is February, and this is long overdue. From Hip Replacement …
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!
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 …
After spinal fusion surgery, recovery is a long process. I feel like it is going well, but I want to share the experience.
My newest post is going to be a reflection of my first full year of being a Latvian. However, this short post will be a quick explanation of the barefoot trail of Valguma Pasaule. The bad news is there will not be many photos. This weekend, we rented a car so that we could travel …
As I am sitting here in my room in Springfield, Missouri, it feels like this is good practice for my move to Latvia which happens in just three weeks. In 22 days, I’ll be on a plane headed for Milan, Italy, and then on August 1, I’ll be in Riga, Latvia. So everything here and …
Riga After an amazing weekend, we finally had a day to settle into our downtown apartment on Ausekļa (a Latvian poet) iela (street) near most of the foreign embassies and just a short walk from Old Town, the hub of the city. After a slow, lazy morning allowing us to catch up on sleep, we took …