Ramble On - Foreign Service Specialist

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

Monday, December 7, 2020

Latvian National Museum of Art - Symbolism

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  Almost everything in Riga is closed on the weekends while the pandemic continues. We were pleasantly surprised to see the art museums are ...
Monday, November 2, 2020

4th Tour is... Algiers!

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Next stop is Algiers, Algeria! Algeria is a country in the North Africa region. The similarly named  Algiers is their coastal capital on ...
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Friday, October 16, 2020

Mid-Level Bidding Again

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I wrote about the Foreign Service assignment process in these blog entries from 3 years ago:  Mid-Level Bidding Game and  Mid-Level Bidding...
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Sunday, September 6, 2020

Castles in Lielvārde Latvia

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  Lielvārde is a little town along the Daugava River about an hour drive southeast of Riga. They have a reconstruction of a wooden castle si...
Sunday, August 2, 2020

Castle Of The Livonian Order In Sigulda

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Siguldas Viduslaiku pils (Castle Of The Livonian Order In Sigulda) is a great place to hang out. The castle compound has some interesting sh...
Sunday, July 26, 2020

Daugavgrīvas Cietoksnis - Star Fortress

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Daugavgrīvas Cietoksnis  is a fortress originally built in the Swedish Livonia in the 17th century. There's more history at the link but...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

Jelgava Latvia

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Jelgava is a Latvian city about an hour from Riga. The nice place to hangout in Jelgava is an island named Pasta salā. No, this has nothing ...
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