First Methodist Church Riga Tuesday 21st April
After a leisurely breakfast of eggs and pancakes we had a wander to find the post office and bought a box to pack gifts and souvenirs so that we could post them home.
There is a shopping mall by the railway station which we visited to buy water and juice and other provisions.
We met our hosts at 1st Riga Methodist church. Dan and Courtney, Rihards, Gita and Rogeda from the Hope centre in Liepa. Lunch was at the buffet style restaurant that we had been to on Sunday.
On our own for the rest of the day. It is a beautiful sunny day but still very cold.
After a leisurely breakfast of eggs and pancakes we had a wander to find the post office and bought a box to pack gifts and souvenirs so that we could post them home.
There is a shopping mall by the railway station which we visited to buy water and juice and other provisions.
We met our hosts at 1st Riga Methodist church. Dan and Courtney, Rihards, Gita and Rogeda from the Hope centre in Liepa. Lunch was at the buffet style restaurant that we had been to on Sunday.
On our own for the rest of the day. It is a beautiful sunny day but still very cold.
Wednesday 22nd April
Another gloriously sunny day and not so cold. We have decided to visit the Museum of the occupation.
Latvia has been occupied continuously from 1940 until 1991. First by the Soviet Union, then by Nazi Germany and then again by the Soviet Union. The horrors of imprisonment, forced labour and exile do not just belong to the Jews and the holocaust during World War 11.
We had no idea that in our lifetime the Latvian people were living in such conditions.
The freedom monument was being guarded by two soldiers, and were we there when the guard was changed at 2.00 p.m.
We met Dan and Courtney and went to Dan’s favourite coffee shop. It was lovely to relax with like minded people and discuss the similarities and differences between church in the UK, the USA and Latvia.
Another gloriously sunny day and not so cold. We have decided to visit the Museum of the occupation.
Latvia has been occupied continuously from 1940 until 1991. First by the Soviet Union, then by Nazi Germany and then again by the Soviet Union. The horrors of imprisonment, forced labour and exile do not just belong to the Jews and the holocaust during World War 11.
We had no idea that in our lifetime the Latvian people were living in such conditions.
The freedom monument was being guarded by two soldiers, and were we there when the guard was changed at 2.00 p.m.
We met Dan and Courtney and went to Dan’s favourite coffee shop. It was lovely to relax with like minded people and discuss the similarities and differences between church in the UK, the USA and Latvia.
