Winter effects

Immense icicles are one of the hazards you should be aware when walking these streets.

Canal

The building at the back is Latvian University.

AVATAR

This it - the Avatar program has expanded beyond Pandora.

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Where are you going?

This is Latvian University the faculty of Chemistry. And "Apavu Remonts" means shoe repair.

Latvian University B&W

As we do not do many b&w photos (I can not recall doing one) I decided on blending it with reflection principle to see how it works on Merkela streeet. The Latvian University is on the Right.

Padegs was leaning back against the wall with a smirk on his face and a yellow flower in his hand.

The guy with the daffodil is painter Karlis Padegs. He died in 1940 and he didn't get a chance to ride through Riga on a trolleybus because it was introduced in 1947. Trolleybus operates on electricity like tram only instead of rail tracks there are cable routes. The yellow building behind is Latvian University.