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If you need to visit Russia and you are in Riga, you can go to Ladpluss . The main office is in Marijas iela 9, 11 birojs , Rīga [Near Origo Square, the main train station]. See it in the map For your visa to Russia you will need: Your passport 1 photo (not photocopy of a photo!!) Money (from 34Ls = 40euros (ready in 10 days) to 65Ls = 100euros (ready in 2 days)) You will need to hire a medical insurance, but it is quite cheap (around 0,35 Lats per day). And be ready to speak a mix between English, Russian and Latvian. Good luck!

During three months, I have seen a lot of small things that always came up one question... What is that??? All the litter bins in Riga. Double function. Working timetable Where can I park? Wikier wrote about the same in Poland And now, the riddle (adivinanza). What will you find if you follow the sign??? ???

Baltic Way is the event which occurred on August 23, 1989 when approximately two million people joined their hands to form an over 600 kilometer long human chain across the three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). This original demonstration was organized to draw the world's attention to the common historical fate which these three countries suffered. It marked the 50 year anniversary since August 23, 1939 when Soviet Union and Germany in the secret protocol of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided spheres of interest in Eastern Europe which led to 50 years of occupation for these three states. Original from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLSvMas6ibo

Today, It was a women basketball friendly game between Spain and Latvia, in the Riga Arena . The match was quite good (I suffer a little at the beginning and in the end). I was one of the two Spanish supporters in all the Stadium. I felt strange, but it wasn´t any problem. When I was going to the Riga Arena, 2 police cars crossed the road quite fast with a diplomat car in the middle. Who was ??? Again, the president of Latvia, Valdis Zatlers . Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia At the end, the coach of the Spanish national team,Evaristo Pérez, saw me when he was going to the changing room. He came to me and we had a small chat. I really liked this action. After that, time to go to the court and take a photo with the cup and some of the players (Amaya Valdemoro, Cindy Lima, Ana Montañana). Cindy Lima, Tejo and the Cup Maybe, somebody want to see the cheerleaders .... FEB. News in Spanish

Last 7 sevens, an unusual wave of culture has arrived in my life. I have been in 3 different plays: Saturday, 18 August. Aida Chronicle in dayures's blog . Wednesday, 22 August. Turandot Wonderful. It was our first time in the Latvian National Opera, place where place exhibited their best clothes (almost, like us). Turandot. II act Kike, Estefania and Tejo Saturday, 25. Swan Lake Second attempt to the ballet and first whole play. I thought about people all the time dancing in tutu. But this is not the reality. Who can expected a small play inside of a Spanish dance (sevillanas)??? Anyway, this is a short part of the performance (yes, with tutu) Tips. Go to the Opera in you are in Riga In Riga, there are subtitles in English and Latvian of the lyrics. Read the play before go to the Opera Enjoy it! PS. Who is now in Spain ????????

Today, I will talk about the radio stations that I have listen in Sweden and Latvia In Sweden, I get used to listen: RixFM Lugna Favoriter NRJ In Latvia, I use to listen: European Hit Radio StarFM My personal choice is Rix FM and Star FM . I become addict of RixFM but when I arrived here, I had to change ... until yesterday. I had listened a jingle quite similar to RixFM in some places in Latvia so I was confused. Yesterday, during a walk around the city, I found the car of the photo with the same logo style!!! After surfing on the net, I can say: StarFM is the RixFM of the Baltic countries . Direct link to the music!!! RixFM StarFM

Opera Aida Yesterday, I went to town called Cesis , in order to see Aida (G. Verdi), the first opera of my life. It was nice so I will try to repeat this week in Riga. I have recorded some parts of the opera. This is a small video of the Triumphal March. Do you know who was there??? The president of Latvia, Valdis Zatlers . Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia Tip. One good thing of Latvia is the price of the Opera. The ticket to see this opera costed only 3Ls (around 4,5 euros). So, if you are planning to come to Latvia, check if there are any opera or cultural show( www.opera.lv ), and go!

Today, there is a new guest in Riga, Dani from Mieres . After a long trip (stop in London), he can now enjoy the Latvian culture and people (I mean, girls). So, we made a small tourism tour around the old city. When we were going back home, a group of girls of a hen party, asked us about the option of help the future wife in a test: cross the zebra crossing. And this is the result ... You are walking down the street and my heart goes boom..

The best goal... Once upon a time... I was watching the TV, when I saw the best goal of Maradona. After almost 10 years, Youtube gives me a present in the way of video. Enjoy it!

Summary: a well known website in Spanish has linked the post about the truck over the brigde. That's the reason of the incredible rise of the visitors (from 30 to +800). I am going to write deeply in Spanish about this. Y ahora, en español ;-) El sabado me fui de turisteo por Riga, que ya estaba bien de llevar mas de un mes y no conocer la parte turista de la ciudad. Cuando estaba cerca del rio Daugava, me encontre con un camion que intento pasar (porque quedo en eso, un intento) por debajo de un puente donde no cabia. Resultado: el camion se empotro. Y como amante de las situaciones diferentes, me acerque y le hice algunas fotos, que despues subi al blog en forma de post. Mi sorpresa viene cuando al dia siguiente alguien pone la noticia en Meneame , una web donde la gente envia historias que son revisadas por la comunidad y si recibe los votos suficientes, se publica en la portada. Como Meneame es bastante conocida en España, las visitas al blog subieron de 30 (media diaria) a m...

Saturday. Tourism day in Riga. I was walking in the city, when I saw that. No words...

Sigulda (Nestor's double Tribute) The last weekend, the Spanish members of AdVerbum plus the parents of the Estefania went to Sigulda , a small city of Latvia. Sigulda region has 3 castles (Turaida, New Sigulda, Medieval Sigulda). As I am a fan of castles, I enjoyed this trip a lot! (I am thinking in repeat it in September with Rafa and stay all the day. What do you think???). The weather changed as usual in Latvia. We left Turaida Castles raining down (diluviando) and after 20 minutes, the sun was shinning!!! I want a normal summer! And the photos... Turaida Castle From the top of Turaida Castle Sigulda New Castle (and the rainbow) Guardians of Sigulda Medieval Castle Shamanist rithual by Manuel Trip summary: Train Riga-Sigulda: Latvijas dzelzceļš Price: 1,84Ls round trip Time: around 1 hour Frequency: Check in the website of the train company Sigulda-Turaida: Bus. Price: 0,25 Ls Time: 10 minutes Frecuency: Information in the tourist office Notes: There is a great way to go from...

The company members Happy Birthday!!! One month in Riga and 5 years of Ad Verbum , the company where I am working. In order to celebrate it, almost all the members of the company went to Restaurant Charlstons , where we had a great dinner. After it, the party continued in Manuel and Estefania's flat till some hour in the morning ;-) Delicious desert

Baltic Beach Party! Weekend again, travel another time ;-) On Saturday morning, David, Manuel, Estefania and me went to Liepaja to the Baltic Beach Party (our intention was to go on Friday (Scooter concert), there were no bus-train-plane tickets). This year, we are 62000 people in the festival... amazing!!! We were so tired, that our objectives were so clear: eat and sleep. There is always time to the sightseeing and during the mini tour around the city, I found this guitar Latvia Musicians Alley of Fame After the mini tour, we met Caroline and Emelie, two volunteers who provided us a place to leave the bags and go free to the party. Do you remember them ?? Dinner (Emelie in the photo) Sea-Tent in the camping So, it was time to go to party!!! The beginning! The end! PS. Sorry for the sound, but I don't know why my Pentax Option S6 records so bad the sound. WTF!

Dancing! Yesterday it was the Spanish party in Riga SU. I think that everybody had a lot of fun (and maybe other things...). The Spanish team was cooking almost all the evening in order to prepare the most traditional Spanish dishes. Even though there weren't good material to cook, the opinion of all the people was the same: "How can I do this in my home??? It is delicious!!" Participants around the table. Participants around the table. In a cooking-break, Fernando started to play an Asturian bagpipe (I haven't heard it in live almost one year. I was near to cry!!!). Do you know how to play this game??? Bagpipe game

Kristine, one of the organizers of the Summer University Riga 2007. During the next 2 weeks, AEGEE Riga is organizing a Summer University. So, we are joining some of the activities as well as we can't all of them (we are still working). Today it was the Welcome party, tomorrow the Spanish party and on the weekend at the Baltic beach party . Do you want to join ? The participants Glossary: AEGEE : Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe (AEGEE), also known as the European Students' Forum. One of Europe's largest interdisciplinary student organizations. Summer University : A Summer University is usually a two-week event organised by an AEGEE local bringing together between 20 and 50 students from all over Europe. The activities carried out during a Summer University range from academic activities to multicultural activities. (It means, 15 days of party and good vibes!)

In Riga you can see all the weekends a lot of stag/hen party (in Spanish, "despedida de soltero/soltera"). Some of them are really funny, so I will try to upload videos of the greatest ones. Enjoy it! PS. This weekend we (my brother and me) were in Tallin. So medieval .... Wigs (Pelucas)

A future wife (one week) I was making a video but some girls stopped us. I tought that there were angry because I was recording so I stopped. I was wrong. In fact, the girl under a crown will get married next weekend, so she and her friends were selling some funny stuff. It is a nice tradition!!! Some to export to Spain First part Second part

Wedding. Couple in Jurmala Beach On Saturday Estefania, Manuel and me wen to Jurmala , a city near Riga where all the people go to beach. We took a train, where we meet Emelie and Caroline, two French girls who are voluntieers in Riga (Do you know European Programme "Youth in Action" ???) Exchanging telephone numbers As you can see in the first photo, yesterday there were a lot of weddings (07/07/2007). Supersticion??? (Read about supersticion in Russia in Spanish ) Also, there was a referendum in Latvia, but no so many people care about it ... (Read more the referendum in Latvia . Politics in Latvia in Spanish ) From yesterday, we had a lot of anecdotes: Russian guy who invites us to a birthday party, the Russian who lives in Huelva and ... Tomorrw in your best blog about Riga :-) After that, just a few more photos ... Tropicana girls And take the train to return home Latvian train Trip summary: Train: Latvijas dzelzceļš Price: 1,25Ls round trip Time: around 30 miuntes. Fre...

Riga from Albert Hotel Lounge Bar Yesterday we made a break in our working lifes so, we went to Albert Hotel in order to have drink. Really good view from the 11th floor, in the bar terrace Lounge. Manuel and Estefania planning the final attack! After that, we walked around Albert iela (Albert Street), becaue is full of Art Nouveau. Symbol of Art Noveau in Riga Art Noveau Building Why the roof is made by metallic material??? Important. If you want to visit Riga during my trainee period, please contact me in order to arrange the days. At least, 3 people will visit me (July, August and September). Don't forget it! See you soon! The weekend has been started! PS. Each night, I eat my dinner watching a video from youtube of a spanish series called Callejeros . It is high recommended!!! Link in youtube of the playlist