Ferðin í Letlandi byrjaði í Liepāja, triðjstórsta býnum. Fyrst á skránni var ein túrur við guide til Karosta, eitt frágingið hernaðarøki. Øki var risastórt og nógvir túsund russar høbdu búð har undir hersetingi. Nú stóð stórur partur av tí tómt. Vit vitjaðu m.a. eina russikt ortodoksa kirkju, Sankta Nikolas Sjómans Dómkirkjuna og vitjaðu ein hernaðarpir frá sovjettíðini.
Kvøldið endaði við frálíkari klassiskar konsert í nýggju stórslignu konserthøllini Amber Hall, har spennandi verk av tónaskaldinum Pēteris Vasks vóru á skránni. Her hitti eg eisini fyriskiparin fyri letlendska partin av ferðini Ievu Hermansone, frá skrivstovuni hjá Norðurlandaráðnum í Letlandi.
The journey in Latvia began in Liepāja, Latvia’s third largest city. First on the program was a guided tour to Karosta, an almost abandoned military area. The area is giantic and many thousand Russians lived there during the occupation. Now large parts of the buildings are abandoned. We visited a Russian Orthodox Church, St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral and a military pier from the Soviet era.
The evening ended with a magnificent classical concert in the new impressive Amber Hall, where spending works by composer Pēteris Vasks were on the program. Here I also met for the first time the organizer of the easy-going part of the journey, Ieva Hermansone, from the Nordic Council of Ministers office in Latvia.
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- Í Karosta liggur ein russisk ortodoks kirkja, sum sigst at russiski herðurin bygdi uppá 3 ár. / In Karosta there is this russian orthodox church that the russian army is supposed to have built in 3 years.
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- Sankta Nicholas sjómans dómkirkja var liðugt bygd í 1903. / St Nicholas Naval Cathedral was finished in 1903.
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- Hesin ótrúliga langi pirurin er eisini frá russisku hersetingartíðini. / This incredible long pier was alo built during the Russian occupation.
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- Óvanliga vakra Promenade hotel har vit gistu. / Unusually beautiful Promenade hotel where we stayed.
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- Liepaja Amber Consert Hall beint yvirav hotellinum / just in front of the hotel.
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- 1. konsertin heysthálvuna í Amber Hall. Høvuðsnavnið var tónasmiðurin Pēteris Vasks / Opening consert of the season. Main composer Pēteris Vasks.
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- Á matstovu við forleggjara skrímslana í Letlandi, Alīse Nīgale. Forlagið eitur Liels un mazs. Á myndini: høvundur, forleggjari og Sanita Muizniece, sum var við sum tolkur á allar ferðini í Letlandi. Hon er ritstjóri á teknisøguforlagnum Kuš! Komikss. / At the restaurant with our monster publisher in Latvia, Alīse Nīgale. The publishing house is called Liels un Mazs. In the picture: author, publisher and Sanita Muizniece, who served as an interpreter on the whole journey in Latvia. She is editor at the cartoon publishing house Kuš! Komikss.
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- Eg royndi tann serliga Liepāja rættin “Liepāja Mencini” sum bara verður gjøgdur har, men sum allar matstovur, sjálvt pizzaria og sushi-støð, kappast um at gera best. / I tried the special local dish “Liepāja Mancini”, which can only be found in Liepāja, but all restaurants, even pizza and sushi places compete to make the best.
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