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Dear Readers, I’d like to introduce you to RIGA. The photos, left to right and top to bottom, the main city square with the stunning 16th century churches; monument to the young people who manned the barricades against the Russians in 1990; a new call for freedom for the three Baltic States; a view in Old Town; the Latvian pride shown by the new sign; an orthodox church; a side street in Old Town; a trolley from a long bygone era; part of the main square in Old Town.
Riga is another town under threat from the newest tsar of Russia. I will interview the locals as I did in Vilnius and wrote their stories. I don’t know if any will be as colorful as Markus’, but I’ll keep asking question.
More information on this beautiful city tomorrow MIKE