Old Riga and Jurmala sports - part 2

THREE DAYS IN LATVIA (continued, p.2), Jurmala, must have been in existence for more than a dozen years. During our walk around the city we were interested to notice the echoes of different ages who have turned to the city Jurmala, which it is today. On the beach we saw a house built about 20 years of the last century. Maybe if it was a hotel. Or maybe there are still hotel? The old house on the beach seaside resort of Jurmala was in the 60's and 70's, when Latvia was part of the Soviet Union. In several areas of the city we saw come across the typical hotels of the Soviet era. Some have already shut down one or two are still working, and some restored. Soviet architecture Recently Jurmala again became a popular seaside resort, and now here we construct new homes. Everyone knows that the Latvian economy is experiencing now is not the best of times. Foreign banks in the past few years have been very generous in handing out loans for a variety of construction projects. A year ago when the world economy went into decline, the Latvians could no longer continue living in their new fashion houses. Today, many of these houses are empty. We looked at a newly built house in Jurmala, and we found him quite spacious. Although we may be wrong. The modern style of a few months ago in a newspaper that comes out in our home, we read about how much the global economic crisis has affected the Baltic countries, and were ready to see the empty houses. It seems that we have already seen all of what you expect instead to see what was there in reality. Maybe in the homes and lives to someone. We can not say for sure. Describing what we saw during our visit to Jurmala, wants to talk about the monument, which we saw there. This is a monument to St. George killing a dragon. Apparently, St. George is revered here as a hero and the dragon - is a villain. However, the sculpture is not quite support this legend, because the dragon looks absolutely wicked. He once astonished gazes at the saint, while he tries to poke his spear. It seems that now the dragon say: "Why are you so mad at me, pal? Why are you doing to me? What are you doing, trying to put me on the barbecue? I do not want to fight with you, buddy. I just want to be friends with you. " The dragon and the saint Once we were in Jurmala, almost the whole day, we went back to Riga. There we walked around town a bit and then went to sleep. Salaspils in Latvia last day we spent at a place called Salaspils. There we visited the camp of the same name. This camp was built by the Germans during World War II. Today, from the concentration camp was almost nothing left. In its place is a memorial to the various monuments and memorial plaque installed in memory of those who fell victim to this subhuman-fascists. After Salaspils we have a few hours spent in Riga, and then went home. Start material: See also other materials about the death camps: Church boredom and cave fun Synonym human cruelty