Your shoes are walking boots, you always have your puffer jacket, and everything needs to be waterproof because it is rainy.
“As it gets colder and darker, we really like to go to the National ballet, opera and theater, as well as museums. It’s also always fun to explore more of Riga because it seems like new stores and restaurants are opening all the time as the city grows.”
Theater: https://teatris.lv/en/theatre/. Opera: https://opera.lv/en/. Art museum: https://www.lnmm.lv/en/latvian-national-museum-of-art.
“I speak Latvian and English pretty well, I think. And I grew up learning Russian, but haven’t practiced much as of late. Sveiki is "hello", and čau is more like "hey" or "hi.”
English is now taught as a permanent class in schools from K-12, especially in schools in Riga, so communication hasn’t been an issue for me. Also, the Latvian čau is a direct analog to the Italian ciao, as they are pronounced and used the exact same way.
“I don’t have any with me, but my family has two cats named Minka and Mikus. They are siblings. We’ve always wanted to get a dog, but maybe we'll get one when my family moves to our holiday house permanently after my sister and I leave university.”
Cats are quite popular here, and if people have dogs, they are usually on the smaller side.
