Monday, August 13, 2007
Tēvzemei un Brīvībai - For Fatherland and Freedom
Anyone know the name of the country across the Baltic from Sweden? Why, it is ye’ good ol’ Latvia. Through some back-and-forth bantering about the recent Dominican day parade, I found some interesting facts about Latvia. The below is what I know so far.
Latvia is an Eastern European country, whose capital is Riga. It is across the Baltic from Sweden. It borders Russia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Belarus (another unknown). Currently it is a democratic state. The current president is Valdis Zalters. The national anthem is “God Bless, Latvia!” A similar statue to our Statue of Liberty is located in their capital city. According to the CIA fact book, there are about 2 million inhabitants. In the US, there are about 10 thousand in New York. And the last fact, a coworker of mine is a descendant of a Latvian. 
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One of Sam's best friends is Latvian. He speaks Latvian and apparently went to some hellish Latvian summer camp as a kid. He also taught Sam some Latvian card game called Zola, which Sam has some kind of supernatural talent at. He wants to go to Latvia and gamble.
August 14, 2007 at 9:57 AMWhich coworker? I am going to guess Jen K.
August 14, 2007 at 9:58 AMAlex's grandmother is Latvian. He was totally not talking good things about it, but it was funnny.
August 15, 2007 at 9:46 AMha.
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