"The Nineteenth century saw a great Springtime of Nations as the revolutions of 1848 saw new countries created the length and breadth of Europe. In our world today we are now seeing our own Spring Awakening with people and cultures that have long been dormant and subdued asserting their right to exist, their right to dream." Adam Price MP
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Da Bo Latvia - Fare Thee Well
On my last full day in Latvia I paid a visit to the Museum of the Occupation (by Nazi German and Soviet forces). It was an interesting, depressing and sobering experience to contemplate man's inhumanity to man. Yet through all the trials and tribulations, the sufferings and the agony, the spirit of survival shines through, and the persistent urge towards freedom from domination and repression cannot be quenched. All things pass, and this too will pass.
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It will have changed quite a bit since I was there in 1993. I still can't get over the fact that 9 out of 10 girls in Riga looked like top notch models, one of the various things that made the place surreal back then.
You can say that again!!
In that sense nothing has changed!
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