Every year before Jāņi, the Midsummer solstice celebrations in Latvia, I get more excited than a kid before Christmas. There is something totally magical about the shortest night of the year. I am usually a sceptic about supernatural phenomena, but this is the one day and night of the year where I utterly believe in mystical things. The feeling I get at Jāņi is completely jubilant, an awe for nature and the universe, and this feeling, which I reckon most Latvians feel at this time of year, continues...

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This years summer fad. Matiss shows how its do...

Managed to squeeze in a bit of sightseeing. Everything is very nice. Clean and nice. Expensive yet nice....