When I was a kid in school, nobody mentioned Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania in geography classes - they were simply a part of the Soviet Union then, and it never really occurred to me that there were such distinct countries tied up in it. But when I backpacked through eastern Europe a few years ago, I …
Latvia
Picture pirouette: Latvian port has pretty and not-so-pretty spots
It's not always the beautiful sights that catch my eye when I'm travelling. Sometimes it's beautiful words in ugly places. This ship was docked in the harbour at Ventspils, a key Latvian port. "Pretty Flourish"? I don't think so.You'll probably be glad to hear that the rest of Ventspils was a lot …