"Welcome to my country!" Latvia by Shofja

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Things, you must know about Latvia

The Republic of Latvia is founded on November 18, 1918.

Latvia is located in Northern Europe on the east coast of Baltic Sea.

Area: 64,589 sq.km

Population: ~ 2.4 milj.

Language: latvian

Capital: Riga

We are proud of our President!

President of Latvia - Vaira Vike - Freiberga

Latvia is one of those countries whose President is woman.

President of the Republic of Latvia is Vaira Vike - Freiberga .

She was elected as President of the Republic of Latvia on June 17, 1999 and re-elected for another four years on June 20, 2003.

You are welcome!

Country which songs

Latvia - it's my country. Very beautiful country - with a lot of lakes and rivers, forests, beautiful and interesting historical monuments, kindly people and exciting traditions (for example, Latvian Song and Dance Festival which, together with Estonian and Lithuanian Song and Dance Festivals, is included in UNESCO masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.)
There are a lot of things to tell about Latvia, but i recomend to visit the site of The Latvian Institute and see e-slide show and video “Welcome to my Country” (by "Brainstorm").

Welcome to my Country

So – Welcome to my country!

Beautiful mornings,
beautiful nights,
amazing colors of the twilight
Memories whisper,
memories sigh
You and I together
before you said goodbye

Welcome to my country
but here you don't belong
Stay with me forever, stay as long as you want
Welcome to my country
but here you're bound to fall
Don't you hear me crying, don't you hear my call

Imaginations
Illusory date
I came with flowers
I guess I came too late
Like a praire fire
you made me see
That the bridges are burnt down
and I got down on my knees

Welcome to my country
but here you don't belong
Stay with me forever, stay as long as you want
Welcome to my country
but here you're bound to fall
Don't you hear me crying, don't you hear my call

Beautiful mornings,
beautiful nights,
amazing colors of the twilight
Time's kind of passed by
as I remember the past
Where are you now
I cried out at last

Welcome to my country
but here you don't belong
Stay with me forever, stay as long as you want
Welcome to my country
but here you're bound to fall
Don't you hear me crying, don't you hear my call.

Intro Updated Mar 8, 2004
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matcrazy1 Dec 7, 2003 at 12:54 PM

Great winter sceneries and snowy trees. What do Latvians sing? :-)) Latvian folk music? Must I visit Latvia to buy some CDs? Haha, your beautiful country still is on my list of places to visit!
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Grazina Dec 4, 2003 at 8:53 AM

Such beautiful winter/snow page...of course it's not winter yet but still nice looking. Thank you for lovely pictures of snow. I also wonder what JAV (U.S.A.)would be like if we had a woman PREZ.
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vec Nov 26, 2003 at 3:05 PM

Thanks for the comments on my page. And nice snowy photos from Riga you, more snow than in Stockholm... /Daniel
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dsantosh Nov 12, 2003 at 4:38 AM

nice phtographs..awaiting for the finer details..