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Riga in winter
This weekend I cruised to Riga with a bunch of good friends. Had a comfortable De Lux cabin on board Tallink Romantika. After a hearty breakfast on Saturday morning, we walked out on the town. One kilometer from the ferry situation, at the National Theatre, is a kiosk. We went and bought fares for local traffic, and then we stepped on board the tram. This is highly recommended. After only three trips we have been passed break-even and gone plus on the investment.
We managed a visit to the motor museum, which is just over an hour by bus from the center. We had lunch at the museum restaurant. I myself took a delicious beef stroganoff with potatoes and pickles. That only cost 40 rubels. The beer I drank to cost just over a tenner for a pint.
We took the number five bus back to the center. The bus stopped next to a Maxima-store, so we went in and shop till you drop for ridiculously low prices. Now we have a couple of bottles of Russian “champagne” in the wine rack, waiting for me to have the opportunity to consign them to the fridge when a friend deserves a glass. The bottles cost a few dollars apiece.
Hero King – for who?
For example, the Bolivians are very proud of their Indian origin, the Irish celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in a tremendous way, the Scots are great Scots and gets mad if someone calls them for English and Maori in New Zealand does his part to preserve their old traditions and give their ancestors redress for what they endured during the colonial rampage.
However, there is a place on earth where people do not have any ties to his past, do not know their own history and no qualms about celebrating people in one way or another contributed to the cultural and historical identities become blurred.
To experience other cultures is perhaps the very best with the trip. People around the world are proud of who they are and where they come from. Ancestral heritage and traditions are reflected in modern times in a creditable manner.
Anniversary of the first kibbutz
By the shore of Lake Galilee near the Jordan River founded twelve men and women, the first kibbutz, Degania, in 1910. They had emigrated from Eastern Europe, and adopted guiding principle “to each person’s needs, after one’s skills”. They created a collective farming community where the idea was common ownership, responsibility and determination. Read the rest of this entry »