Archive for 6th February 2005

Dārziņi

Feb 06, 2005 in Latvia and Lithuania 2005

Dārziņi

Not far from Riga is the site of the Salaspils concentration camp. Here, 100,000 people were killed during the Second World War. I can scarcely take in the fact that such a huge number of people died in one place, and it’s almost unbearable to think that was only a tiny part of what went [...]

Back to Riga

Feb 06, 2005 in Latvia and Lithuania 2005

Back to Riga

On my journey to Vilnius, the skies had been grey, and when we stopped at a small roadside cafe just inside Lithuania, snow was falling. On the way back, the skies were blue, and the endless expanse of snow shone brightly under the wintry sun. We stopped at the same cafe, and this [...]