#atozchallenge: M

M: Money
Who doesn't love money? Our national currency is lats (1 lats = 100 santīmi) till 01.01.2014 when Latvia will enter the eurozone. Good and short brief you can find in wikipedia.
My favorite is 1 lats coin. How many of them there is, you can see here. Time to time, Latvijas Banka creates new coin and people love to collect them. Me either :) I have almost all of them. Probably, after few years they will cost good money or will be very nice present to someone.

#atozchallenge: L

L: Latgale
Latgale is one of 4 historical and cultural regions of Latvia (Latgale, Kurzeme, Vidzeme, Zemgale).
I was born and lived there for 18 years in Latgale, near to the heart of Latgale (Rēzekne) in Rogovka. And there is my Home even now, when I live in Riga (capital of Latvia).
Latgalians has its own language or dialect called Latgalian.
Latagle ir called the Land of Blue Lakes or Lakeland. There are about thousands lakes in it. There is largest lake in Latvia - Lubans, deepest lake in Latvia - Dridzis and the lake with greatest number of islands - Ezezers.
For tourism - check this: Eastern Latvia
For more info -  Latgale
Or look up in google :)

#atozchallenge: K

K: Kremerata Baltica and Kremer Gidon
Kremerata Baltica is chamber orchestra. Gidon Kremer - solo violinist and artistic director. More about them here.

Check this (with Igudesman and Joo):

#atozchallenge: J

J: Just5
Mobile phone. Created (not manufactured) in Latvia. Easy to use and simply. Kind a good looking too. From their web page here: "designed for audiences that require five basic features: ease of operation, big buttons, amplified sound, a long-lasting battery for reliability, and an emergency SOS button. Primary target audiences include seniors, people with poor eyesight or hearing problems, people with medical conditions that require constant care, and kids who need a “starter phone” with basic functionality."
Just5 space - my favorite for now.

#atozchallenge: I

I: Inforgr.am
One more exciting project from Latvia!
From their web site: "Infogr.am is an easy to use online service that lets you create, share, discover infographics and online charts."

#atozchallenge: H

H: Holidays
Mmm.... holidays :)  Of course, Saturday and Sunday. Christmass time, Easter time, Midsummer time and few more. Don't know about school holidays (not in sight anymore and jet), but usually one week in autumn and one in spring and almost three month at summer.
Here you can find a list of holidays with dates (as usually - wikipedia). And here is nice post about holidays (not wikipedia).

#atozchallenge: G

G: Gouvernment
From wikipedia: "The Government of Latvia is the central government of the Republic of Latvia. The Constitution of Latvia (Satversme) outlines the nation as a parliamentary republic represented by a unicameral parliament (Saeima) and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia, which form the executive branch of the Government of Latvia."

#atozchallenge: F

F: Festivals
Under this i could write and write, but, i guess, only few would be interested,so, i will name only few of them.  The ones, i like

• Dziesmu un deju svētki (Song and dance festival) - definetly the bigest one. If you have such a opportunity to attend - do that!
• Saulkrasti jazz - one of my favorite. For jazz lovers.
• Rīgas ritmi  - non academic music, but very, very good one. 
• Positivus, summer sound - popular music and chilling
• International Baltic Ballet Festival - for ballet lovers.
• Riga festival, Rīgas svētki - for ones, who lives in Riga

and much, much more.
And there comes more: Riga2014!

#atozchallenge: E

E: Eliēr
As a woman, i care about my look. This is going to be about Eliēr...
and this is going to be more like an add. But only because i'm so fascinated about this company and products. Mostly about products. My earlier post about Eliēr you can find here. More about company and products - here.

My favorite (all pictures are from their website):
Toothpaste. One of the best products! My teeths are whitter, healthy and no need to visit dental hygienist every year.

Serum Active Lift. My face skin is moisturized and radiant. This is particularly important after the winter

Mud musk. This is something wonderfull! Not only for face, you can use it on whole your body. It's very good for hair either.

Anti-celulite gel. This is one product for everything! Of course - bad for celulite - helps to "kill" it, very good at healing bumps and muscle pain.

And there are much more great products! You need to register to buy. You can do that here. Do you have any questions? - let me know by sending an email to vita.elier@gmail.com or write in comments. 

#atozchallenge: D

D: Daugava
Daugava is the main river in Latvia. It is 352 km long and has 3 HES. More about Daugava read in wikipedia.
In cooperation with Sweedish photo club Umeo, photo club Ogre has a project "Upe" (River). Photos from first and second stages can be found here (first) and here (second).

#atozchallenge: C

C: Circus
We have our own circus. It is located in Riga. Riga Circus is not best of the best in world, but i have heard , it is quite good actually.
Shame on me - i m living in Riga almost 5 years and haven't been there yet (shy face).

#atozchallenge: B

B: Bear-slayer
I hope this would be right translation for Lāčplēsis. It is national epic written by  Andrejs Pumpurs between 1872 and 1887 based on local legends. Lāčplēsis is national hero who defends his homeland from assorted invaders. More about Lāčplēsis look in wikipedia.
On November 11 we celebrate Lāčplēsis day - we commemorate the victory over the bermontians at the battle of Riga on 1919. Fantastic historical view is here.

#atozchallenge - Let's go! A

So, here it goes! :)
A: Alphabet
As the main theme is an alphabet, this will be about alphabet. About Latvian Alphabet. It is based on Latin alphabet and consists of 33 letters: 22 are similar to other alphabets and remaining 11 are letters with diacritic marks.
We have very nice song and video about it, made by RIJA films. My baby love's it!

If you're interested in more, check, for example, wikipedia.
That's all for now! Have a nice day!

Lieldienas?

Sniegots sveiciens Lieldienās! 

Neierasti, ka Lieldienas ir tik agri. Un vēl ieilgusī ziema. Tas rada visai dīvainas sajūtas :D

#atozchallenge is comming!

It's comming!
To make my life easier, i m going to write about Latvia. Hope to be able to find interesting things about Latvia for all 26 letters and KISS (Keep It Short, Simple).
Good luck, everyone!
P.S. Sorry for my english. Hope to improve it now :)

#atozchallenge

yip, yip yip!

Yesterday i found this: A to Z challenge. What a a great opportunity to refresh my English and my blog :) As you have been noticed - i m lazy to post regularly last few months. Hope, this is going to help me. Not sure what exactly will be here - photos or texts or both, but i know already what it all will be about. And it's going to be on English.
It is 20.03.2013 and there are 1176 blogs participanting already. I m number 1149

Nesen

Bez mērķa un iedvesmas.

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