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Dinner at Lido

Being back in Europe is so amazing.  I honestly feel like I never even left.  It feels so right being here.  Yesterday was a pretty chill day for the most part because of how tired I am.  I met Liene, Lauris's sister, and she was so sweet.  Ruta, Liene, Emilija, and I went to a store to get some jeans because I had forgotten mine, and then went to see Brigita.  Brigita is so great - she makes you feel right at home in a foreign place.  We had some lunch there and talked.  There is a food here called biezspiena sieriņš and it is so yummy.  It's like little mini cheesecakes.  Since I have been listening to so many people speak Latvian all the time, I can already feel my own Latvian getting better little by little.  I have been trying to say things that I can in Latvian instead of just English and I am really hoping that by the end of the trip I will be a little better so I can do well on my language assessment for my Fulbright application. 

Later, I met some of my friends in Vecrīga.  Laura, Ruta, Ruta's brother, a couple of Ruta's friends, and I took the tram to Lido for dinner.  Lido is a big restaurant that is set up cafeteria-style, so you can pick and choose whatever foods you want, but, unlike a cafeteria, this food is so good.  We ate dinner and then headed back to Vecrīga for some fun.  We went to a few bars and I was surprised to find that the beer here is so much stronger than in the US.  I came back to the apartment around 3 AM and it was already getting light out!  It is only completely dark here for about 3 hours per night.  So crazy!