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A Now Yearly Latvia Trek

Riga and Country
August 1993

Peters' return visit set the pattern for returning to Latvia yearly, visiting again with his mother. And it was a good excuse for Peters to bring more camera equipment!

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Usma, Usma's lake

vr, the Three Brothers

Riga, Old Town spires

Kuldiga, the Venta Rumbas waterfall

vr, panorama

Riga, memorial to Andris Slapins, shot by Soviet Black Berets

Usma, the new Usma's church (replacing the one moved to Brivdaba's muzejs), where Peters' parents married in 1939

vr, Old Town, Lady in Red

Riga, Bastejkalns, the old city fortifications
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    An Unexpected and Wondrous Development
    • October 1996, Autumn colors in Rīga and Kuldīga.
    • August 1997, Cemetery service for the victims of Soviet deportation; Mordanga, and Rīga.
    • October 1994, Highlights of Peters' roots-seeking trip.
    • July 1995, A whirlwind tour: Aglona, Bauska, Brīvdabas (Ethnographic) Museum, Jaunmoku Castle, Jelgava, Liepāja, Rīga, and Rundāle's Palace.
    • August 1993, Riga and Usma.
    • December 1997-New Year's, Latvia twice in one year!
    • Peters' Story, Collapse of the Soviet Union brings an unhoped-for opportunity.
    • October 1992, Peters' first trip! From his grandfather's water mill to goat-walking in Riga.
    • December 2002, Wandering (lots of pictures) far and wide in winter Rīga.
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