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Latvia
Nov 11, 2012 17:32:36 GMT
Post by mossie on Nov 11, 2012 17:32:36 GMT
An excellent thread with some wonderful photos, well done.
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Latvia
Nov 11, 2012 17:33:11 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Nov 11, 2012 17:33:11 GMT
Yes, yes ~~ what he said! I was being silly, but greatly appreciate your photos & the beauty of the palace. Are the big blue & white (tile? ceramic?) things in the bedroom heating units? I'm stunned that you got pictures of swallows in flight ~~ well done!
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Latvia
Nov 11, 2012 19:12:34 GMT
Post by bjd on Nov 11, 2012 19:12:34 GMT
Those big things in the corners are stoves covered in ceramic tiles. They were used for heating. Similar stoves existed all across northern and easten Europe, while the French and the Brits were sitting in cold, damp rooms.
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Latvia
Nov 12, 2012 15:02:34 GMT
Post by htmb on Nov 12, 2012 15:02:34 GMT
Liga, this is a very nice report, and I have enjoyed looking at your photos. I hope you will post more soon.
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Latvia
Nov 13, 2012 15:49:18 GMT
Post by liga on Nov 13, 2012 15:49:18 GMT
Thank's ! I wish we had more of these wonders present on our territory, but unfortunately the war destroyed a lot of these palaces and mannor houses.
The stork is a national symbol indeed, we have it even on our coins (there is also a cow, a salmon, an ant etc.) When you go around the countryside almost every house has a nest - on a chimney, on a telephone pole or on an old tree trunk. They bring up their children in Latvia, and in september they gather in big storms and migrate to Africa!
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Latvia
Nov 13, 2012 18:59:58 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2012 18:59:58 GMT
Hmmm... "storms" must be the Latvian word for "flocks." (unless you meant swarms, but that would be insects!)
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Latvia
Nov 14, 2012 16:43:45 GMT
Post by liga on Nov 14, 2012 16:43:45 GMT
ahahah, thank you for the correction! i meant flocks, actually nbot flocks - really big groups of storks (200-400) who migrate together south! thanks! ;D
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Latvia
Nov 14, 2012 18:41:44 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Nov 14, 2012 18:41:44 GMT
Those big things in the corners are stoves covered in ceramic tiles. They were used for heating. Similar stoves existed all across northern and easten Europe, while the French and the Brits were sitting in cold, damp rooms. Thanks, Bjd. And no, ~~ no NE European bias in that response at all. ;D Liga, if I saw 400 -- 500 giant birds in flight together, I'd call them a storm, too!
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Latvia
Nov 18, 2012 17:18:40 GMT
Post by liga on Nov 18, 2012 17:18:40 GMT
Those big things in the corners are stoves covered in ceramic tiles. They were used for heating. Similar stoves existed all across northern and easten Europe, while the French and the Brits were sitting in cold, damp rooms. Thanks, Bjd. And no, ~~ no NE European bias in that response at all. ;D Liga, if I saw 400 -- 500 giant birds in flight together, I'd call them a storm, too! ;D I wish there was a "like" button! I will try to make some pics next september of these "storms"! (of course if I'll be staying still in Latvia!)
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Latvia
Nov 29, 2012 5:36:11 GMT
Post by nycgirl on Nov 29, 2012 5:36:11 GMT
Congratulations on your graduation, Liga!
You've added many great photos since I last saw this thread. Rundāle Palace is a beauty.
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Latvia
Sept 11, 2013 23:29:30 GMT
Post by questa on Sept 11, 2013 23:29:30 GMT
>Liga,
I hope you are still visiting this forum.
I just wanted to say I found your marvellous photos of Latvia so beautiful and skillfully taken that now I want to go there and see for myself.
Thank you for sharing them.
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