Ramble On - Foreign Service Specialist

a Diplomatic Technology Officer (DTO) rambling on around the world seeing...

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Turaida Castle

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Turaida Castle is a cheap train ride away to Sigulda and a short (and small) bus ride to Turaida Museum Reserve . The castle was start...
Monday, June 24, 2019

Celebrating Līgo and Jāņi at Dzegužkalns Park

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We had a wonderful night celebrating a traditional Līgo and Jāņi at Dzegužkalns Park. This picture is as dark as it gets about half an hour ...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

Victory Memorial and More Riga Parks

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Riga is great for green spaces and parks. We have the most amazing park by Vecrīga (Old Riga or Old Town) along the canal circling Riga...
Friday, May 31, 2019

Austin Museums

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We visited two good museums in Austin. One was the Blanton Museum at the University of Texas which had a good amount of contemporary ...

Austin Texas

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I've been a Texan since I was 12 but I finally visited the Texas Capitol Building during an R&R from Latvia. Austin has a slogan...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Meža Kapi - Forest Cemetery

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We visited the forest cemetery in Riga on this May 1st holiday. It looks like a great place to rest after you die. It's a grand set...
Friday, April 26, 2019

Stockholm Viking Museum

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This is a quick post about the Viking Museum in Stockholm which wasn't there when I lived there. We're in Riga now so we took t...
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