FOURTH TRIP: LATVIA

Culture and Environment● Is the 5th highest country

with more forests in the European Union.

● It has 12,500 rivers and 2,256 lakes

● It has 27,700 species of flora and fauna

● Some important natural parks: Gauja, Kemeri, Razna and Slitere

Politics● The politics of Latvia takes

place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic.

● The president is elected in the Saimea in a separate selection.

● The president of Latvia is Andris Bérnizs

Sports

● Ice hockey is usually considered the most popular sport in Latvia.

● The second most popular sport is basketball.

WHAT WE DID

FIRST DAY

• We took a flight to Frankfurt and then another flight to Riga.

• We spent the rest of the day in Riga

SECOND DAY

• We arrived to Lîgatne, a little village in Latvia where our hosts live.

• We spent the rest of the day with our hosts.

THIRD DAY• We met our comenius partners

and we showed them our presentation.

• We went to their national park «Gauja»

THIRD DAY

• In the afternoon we went to a concert where we recited some poems and we saw their typical dances.

FOURTH DAY• In the morning, we

visited old Riga and a tour guide explained to us some legends and stories about the city.

FOURTH DAY

• In the afternoon, we went to see the Baltic Sea. We have never been futher north than that day.

FIFTH DAY• It was the last day in

Ligatne. In the morning we went to a city nearby, Cesis, where there was a very popular medieval castle.

FIFTH DAY

FIFTH DAY• We also went to a typical

latvian house to made like little cakes. After that we had some free time.

FIFTH DAY• In the evening, we had

a “goodbye party“ with all our comenius partners. We had great food for dinner and we danced for a while.