Going to Latvia

A new day has dawned and the air is still crisp. I will not bore you for now but I am in Riga. Going to AMS airport through security, inspection and ticketing took less than thirty minutes. It is a little better organized than our TSA. The only thing that really delayed me in Riga the dog alerted on me and it took a few extra minutes to clear customs. I really think she(the dog)just smelled my dog Sam and got excited because it was my shoe she was interested in, sorry I will coming back they did not throw me in the pokey.

We were call for boarding at 8:40 sharp. I got a little worried when I went out the door and was told to get on a bus (memories of Paris). But it was meant to be because we arrived at the plane at 9:05 for a 9:15 takeoff. Did not quite make that 9:45). It was very interesting because most of the people on the flight were ordering vodka and tomatoe juice for breakfast, oh well some say tomatoe and some say vodka. I stuck to my old vice some good strong coffee, brown roll with a tomatoe and something else, I am not sure what mushed in the bread but it was good. We landed late in Riga by 45 minutes due to bad weather on the way. It was a small 100 seater jet but was not bumpy and we had a smooth landing. My taxi driver looked about 14. I started to ask for her drivers liscense but she spoke 0 English. She was a very inexperienced driver also...easy to tell when she let the cluctch out and my teeth would rattle for the biggest part of a block, every block. I remembered from my last trip and she appeared to be going the wrong way, but like I say no Engli. Well the way she went was 3 Lats cheaper than the last time so I wished I knew the she went. We were told never to pay more than 10 Lats so I was happy as a pig in poo.

Well I add more later, I am going out to do my honey do list now and wish me the best.

The posting time is in EDT it is early afternoon in Riga, seven hours ahead of ATL