Three sisters in front of Three Brothers
These are three medieval residences built in the
15th, 16th & 17th centuries.
Detail of one of the Three Brothers
There are so many beautiful old buildings that have survived.
As tourists from a country where landmarks are relatively
new we found that if it wasn't built
before 1700 we
weren't interested.
Church of the Suffering Virgin
We had many names for this church. I liked Church
of the Hysterical Virgin.
This is where Mom and Zita were baptized.
Norm, Sandra, Aina and Dad at Lido's
This is one the great cafeteria style Latvian restaurants
opening up all
over town. I had potato pancakes, sausages
and the house beer.
For those who don't know, Aina is a childhood friend
of Mom's and Sandra is
her daughter. Aina is a schoolteacher and Sandra
is a judge. Sandra was very
instrumental in the reclaiming of Opapu's land ("Snickersville").
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