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A few days in Daugavpils (Part three)
Yet again, I woke up at the crack of dawn, thanks to the paper thin blinds and the creaking of old trams (and old bones) outside my window. After trying to convince myself that I was asleep for another couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Humour, Language, Latvia, Social Issues, Travel
Tagged Ants, Artilerijas Pagrabs, beer, Church Hill, Customer Service, Daugavpils, Emigration, Food, Fortress, Homeless people, Hotel Latgola, Hotel Paradize, Infrastructure, Investment, Laimas Muzykanti, Lidadis, Mark Rothko Centre, Music, Trams
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A few days in Daugavpils (Part two)
Of Daugavpils, my (admittedly out of date) Lonely Planet had this to say: It’s hard to smile when the grey sky matches the grey of crumbling Soviet block housing… a city with as many prisons as churches… Rigans will snicker when the … Continue reading
Posted in Expat, Fashion, Food, Humor, Humour, Latvia, Travel
Tagged cake, Churches, Crisps, Customer Service, Daugavpils, Food, Markets, Museum, Park, Sightseeing, Trams, Wine
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A few days in Daugavpils (Part one)
“It’s a total shithole.” “It’s a dangerous shithole.” “It’s a shithole full of crazy people.” My friends’ reactions when I voiced my travel plans only made me more curious to check out Latvia’s second largest city. Daugavpils, with a population of … Continue reading
Posted in Expat, Humor, Humour, Latvia, Travel
Tagged Customer Service, Daugava, Daugavpils, Food, forests, Hotel Paradize, Latgale, Roadworks, Travel in Latvia, trees
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Expat Eye on Latvia 