{"id":1564,"date":"2022-08-02T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T14:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2022-08-03T15:31:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T19:31:06","slug":"around-the-world-in-80-days-latvia-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2022\/08\/02\/around-the-world-in-80-days-latvia-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the World in 80 Days &#8211; Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3><strong>LATVIA <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/latvia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1152\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/latvia-300x188.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/latvia-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/latvia-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/latvia-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/latvia-624x390.png 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/latvia.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Northern Europe<br \/>\nCapital: Riga<br \/>\nLanguages: Latvian<br \/>\nReligion(s): Christianity<br \/>\n(predominantly Roman Catholic\/Lutheran)<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4\">\n<div class=\"note bg-lblue white-text min-350\">\n<h3 class=\"white-text text-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/map_latvia.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1153\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/map_latvia-300x240.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a>Common Characteristics: <\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-editor\">\n<ul>\n<li>Latvia is a small nation, but Latvians are very proud of their heritage.<\/li>\n<li>Latvians are hard working, polite and responsible.<\/li>\n<li>Latvians can be reserved when you first meet them, but they are friendly and helpful after they get to know you \u2013 friendships are genuine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4\">\n<div class=\"note bg-lblue white-text min-350\">\n<h3 class=\"white-text text-center\"><strong>FUN FACTS:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-editor\">\n<ul>\n<li>Aleksandrs was a famous Latvian explorer. He moved to Venezuela in 1939. His most\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/Latvia-Riga-Bridge-Ricardo-Liberato-flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1154\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/Latvia-Riga-Bridge-Ricardo-Liberato-flickr-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/Latvia-Riga-Bridge-Ricardo-Liberato-flickr-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/Latvia-Riga-Bridge-Ricardo-Liberato-flickr-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/Latvia-Riga-Bridge-Ricardo-Liberato-flickr-624x366.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/Latvia-Riga-Bridge-Ricardo-Liberato-flickr.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>famous discovery was Angel Falls and he named the river, from which Angel Falls flows, Gauja. He also named 3 other rivers in Venezuela after Latvian Rivers such as Daugava (Riga), Venta (Kuldiga, Ventspils) and Ogre.<\/li>\n<li>The capital of Latvia, Riga, is the largest city in the Baltic States and is famous for some of the best Art Nouveau architecture in Europe.<\/li>\n<li>Walter Zapp invented and built the first Minox \u201dSpy Camera\u201d in Latvia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4\">\n<div class=\"note bg-lblue white-text min-350\">\n<h3 class=\"white-text text-center\"><strong>USEFUL PHRASES:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-editor\">\n<ul>\n<li>How are you?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0K\u0101tev iet?<\/li>\n<li>Fine, thanks. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Paldies \u2013 labi.<\/li>\n<li>My name is\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mani sauc\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Nice to meet you.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Prieks iepaz\u012bties.<\/li>\n<li>Thank you. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Paldies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photo by: Ricardo Liberati {flickr}<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LATVIA <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/latvia.png\"><\/a> Northern Europe Capital: Riga Languages: Latvian Religion(s): Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic\/Lutheran) <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/map_latvia.gif\"><\/a>Common Characteristics: Latvia is a small nation, but Latvians are very proud of their heritage. 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Latvians can be reserved when you first meet them, but they are friendly and helpful after they get  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2022\/08\/02\/around-the-world-in-80-days-latvia-3\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Around the World in 80 Days - Latvia - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Around the World in 80 Days - Latvia - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LATVIA Northern Europe Capital: Riga Languages: Latvian Religion(s): Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic\/Lutheran) Common Characteristics: Latvia is a small nation, but Latvians are very proud of their heritage. 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