Today, the day started with a bigger choice of breakfast. However, the planning didn’t go as smooth as we thought it would go.
There was a meeting in the Latvian Parliament, which is why we had to change our planning for the day. At about 9am the Latvian students came to get us and we got a tour around the block to watch the Jugendstil houses in Latvia. The Jugendstil houses are some of the most expensive houses in all of Latvia. One of the Latvian students explained all about this style. After a nice trip around the streets, we went on another excursion to a University in Latvia, which gave us information about astronomy. We also got to see some very old meteorite shards, with the oldest one being over 4 billion years old! That was actually really quite cool. After we checked a few more things there, we could also gaze into a telescope and view some things that would normally be way to far away. That was really interesting.
There was a meeting in the Latvian Parliament, which is why we had to change our planning for the day. At about 9am the Latvian students came to get us and we got a tour around the block to watch the Jugendstil houses in Latvia. The Jugendstil houses are some of the most expensive houses in all of Latvia. One of the Latvian students explained all about this style. After a nice trip around the streets, we went on another excursion to a University in Latvia, which gave us information about astronomy. We also got to see some very old meteorite shards, with the oldest one being over 4 billion years old! That was actually really quite cool. After we checked a few more things there, we could also gaze into a telescope and view some things that would normally be way to far away. That was really interesting.
We got some free time to lunch till 1:50 pm. After our lunch, we went on our way to a social media company called Draugiem. You can actually put it in the range of a Latvian Facebook. We got a little excursion through the building and soon after we got a PowerPoint explanation about the company itself. After a really interesting talk by one of the employees of Draugiem, we went back to Riga Center and got our free time till 20.00pm to eat dinner etc…
After we ate dinner we gathered back at the hostel and went together with the Latvians to a movie. We first had the choice between The Avengers and The Fast And The Furious 7, however, we soon found out that The Avengers wasn’t actually out yet, so most of the people chose the second option, while others just stayed back in the hostel. The movie was really entertaining and really action-filled.
After that, we said our goodnight to the Latvians and went back to the hostel.
It was another fun day in Latvia.
After we ate dinner we gathered back at the hostel and went together with the Latvians to a movie. We first had the choice between The Avengers and The Fast And The Furious 7, however, we soon found out that The Avengers wasn’t actually out yet, so most of the people chose the second option, while others just stayed back in the hostel. The movie was really entertaining and really action-filled.
After that, we said our goodnight to the Latvians and went back to the hostel.
It was another fun day in Latvia.