The arrival

Before leaving to Latvia I knew it was a lovely country, but when I arrived I realised it was wonderful.

At Barcelona's airport I came across Guna, a latvian girl who lives in Barcelona and whom I had met some weeks before, so I didn't have to travel alone. When we arrived in Riga it was almost 11pm, we couldn't do much. Agata, the coordinator of the project, was waiting for us. Agata is a really lovely and friendly woman, she also did an EVS in Catalonia and she speaks Spanish very well. She took me to her grandmother's house in Sabile, where we slept.

The following morning we took some food from Agata's grandmother's garden and we went to Kuldīga. We met Ina and her daughters, who had the keys of my new flat and went there to leave all my things. The flat is very colourful and full of light, I really like it! After that, we went to the supermarket and bought some basic things for the flat and some food. Later, we had a super tasty lunch in a restaurant located in the main street of Kuldīga.

Once our belly was full, we walked to the Youth Centre, the place where I will work. They made me a really warm welcome, with flowers and traditional latvian food. After everybody introduced theirselves, the youngsters of the centre took me with them to play volleyball (although I'm really bad at it was great!). They were incredibly nice and tried to make me fit in. When we got tired, they took me to Ventas rumba, the widest waterfalls of Europe, and crossed it. The view was amazing and the water wasn't cold at all, I really want to come back there soon! Afterwards we walked around Kuldīga. The city is very beautiful, the houses are small and charming and the streets are ancient and narrow.

The following day some people of the Youth Centre took me for a guided walk around Kuldīga. We went to the most important buildings of the city such as the library, some churches, the townhall, etc. As I have already said, the city is very very beautiful and although now I need a map to go everywhere, I think soon I will know every steet of the city.

I have to say that my first days in Kuldīga have been fantastic and all the people is very nice. I have the feeling this year will be great!