Water

On a hot day what can be cooler than a cool dive in a cool water.

Emergency Services

There are different type of emergency services in Riga - water, gas or transport related. This truck is carrying doctors of public transport system. They look after tram and trolley cables as well as accidents where public transport is involved. There are many urban legends surrounding them and I will leave it to you to investigate the matter further:)

Have you swam this year yet?

By odd accident Riga was placed at the shores of the Baltic Sea. It is very rarely producing massive waves and if they do - not for a long time and at the "wrong" season (when you can not enjoy them). On the other hand a calm sea is a warm sea and people can enjoy swimming at this Northern latitude and besides that - it keeps Riga and Latvia warmer in autumn and early winter.

Latvian Songa and Dance celebration (4th post)

Just to illustrate the atmosphere of Final Concert. National dress code is one that participants have to follow, rest of us can get away with diadem:)

Bright light at the end...

This is a symbolic picture at this time of year. It was taken during the summer and as winter is about to give a way to spring we can see the summer at the end of the "tunnel of winter greyness". The three building blocks represent three months to go - March, April and May:)

Summer&People

As autumn is turning into a winter I already start to think about summer:)
I would call it a "Freedom Square":) - the entrance to the Riga Old Town is behind me and the Freedom Monument is in front.