Sandra and I had our fill of the Ligo festivities on Riga’s Krastmala, so we checked out the other celebration […]
Latvians usually spend midsummer in the countryside with their family and friends, but Sandra, with whom I was staying in […]
It had been my desire to see how summer solstice is celebrated in the Baltic countries ever since I started […]
I’m fortunate to have the means to travel abroad for leisure. While 20 countries in 4 continents isn’t anything to […]
“Thanks for making me hungry.” “I hate you.” The comments on Facebook rolled in seconds after I posted about my […]
Purple is a colour that I haven’t encountered very often, but when I do it’s often employed to great effect, […]
Black is the colour of my true love’s hair, so the song goes, but it’s not an easy colour to […]
Here we are with June’s World Colours post. A tricky one for me, but here are some of my picks. By […]
Off the western coast of Estonia lie many islands, and the largest one in the archipelago is Saaremaa. It’s a good […]
The island fortress of Suomenlinna lies off the coast of Helsinki. The UNESCO World Heritage Site was built by the Swedes, […]