Articles

Travel · 21 Jan 2021

Cēsis Castle

Cēsis Castle is one of the most iconic and best-preserved medieval castles in Latvia.The foundations of the castle were laid 800 years ago by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. The most prosperous period Cēsis Castle…

Travel · 14 Jan 2021

Piltene Lutheran Church

Piltene Lutheran church is located in Piltene, some 20km from Ventspils. The church was originally built-in 1557.The pride of the Piltene church is gilded wooden altar and pulpit, organ with 9 stops, wooden images…

Travel · 12 Jan 2021

Gray Dune Area in Ventspils

Gray dune area in Ventspils is a part of “Preserving, Exhibiting and Developing Tourism of Culture History and Nature Heritage of Northern Courland” of the Ventspils Museum project, during which the creation of an infrastructure of…

Expat in Georgia · 8 Jan 2021

Martkopi Monastery Complex from a Drone flight

Martkopi monastery complex is located some 30km from Tbilisi, Georgia. This place is best reached by car, but some could get here by hiking too, see: Hiking Route in Georgia - Norio Village - Martkopi…

Travel · 7 Jan 2021

Saint Simon's Church of Valmiera

Saint Simon's Church in Valmiera is one of the most noticeable objects in the city, located in the heart of the city on Bruņinieku iela 2.The architecture of St Simon's Church combines the Romanesque and…

Dividend Income · 6 Jan 2021

December 2020 Dividend Income Report - $119.17

Welcome to the forty-fourth (#44) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in December 2020.The last December we spent in Latvia, did several trips here and there. I kept playing…

Travel · 31 Dec 2020

Užava Lighthouse

Užava Lighthouse - a lighthouse located on the Latvian coast of the Baltic Sea.The lighthouse stands in an isolated location, on a 28 metres high sand dune, which is permanently threatened by the Baltic Sea waves' erosion.For this reason, the first coastal…

Travel · 29 Dec 2020

Vilgāle

Vilgāle (formerly also Saldenieki) is a village in Kurmāle Parish, Kuldīga District, Latvia. Located on the shores of Lake Vilgāle. Distance to  Kuldīga 17 km, 181 km from Rīga.Back in September 2020, I bought…

Travel · 25 Dec 2020

Embūte Castle

The ruins of Embūte Castle are located in Embūte, Latvia, in Embūte Parish, Vaiņode Municipality, not far from an ancient hillfort erected by Curonians.It was an ancient Curonian settlement and is mentioned in ancient chronicles as a place with strong Curonian resistance to German crusaders. The bishop's…

Travel · 24 Dec 2020

Zaķu krogs near Jūrkalne

Zaķu krogs is both a restaurant a hotel located near Jūrkalne in Latvia.We discovered this place while driving around Užava, Pāvilosta, and decided to take here a quick stop to order some food for our…