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A now annual Latvia trek

Peters' return visit set the pattern for returning to Latvia yearly, visiting again with his mother. And it was a good excuse for Peters to bring more camera equipment!

We are overjoyed to report that Usma's wood church, the site of Peters' parents' wedding, began to once again host a small congregation in 2002, holding services twice a month, and that the church itself has been restored through initial and ongoing projects. The church even has a web site: www.usmasbaznica.lv/↗.

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Old Rīga
Lady in Red
Bastejkalns
The old city fortifications
Bastejkalns
Better in black & white
Old Rīga
The "Three Brothers" and a flock of Japanese tourists
Old Rīga
Panorama
Old Rīga
Vecrīga spires
Rīga Canal Park
Memorial to Andris Slapiņš, shot by Soviet Black Berets
Usma
The new Usma's church (replacing the one moved to Brivdaba's muzejs), where Peters' parents married in 1939
Usma
Usma Lake
Kuldīga
The Venta Rumbas waterfall
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