Vienna: A Punctual and Refined Place
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!
September 2022: Not your typical travel blog
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 …
Recovery: One Month After Spinal Fusion
After spinal fusion surgery, recovery is a long process. I feel like it is going well, but I want to share the experience.
Barefoot Trail: Valguma Pasaule
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 …
Springfield Continued: Still July 4th
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 …
Vitauts in Latvia 12: Riga
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 …