Christmas tree is away, decorations are put back on the attic – holidays are over here in the Netherlands. Saying bye-bye to this festive period, I decided to write a comparison of December holidays here and back in Latvia as they do differ. Of course, many things still stay the same, like family gatherings, eating fine food, having drinks, giving presents. However, I guess many foreigners (incl. Latvians) staying here through the festive season for the first time would be pleasantly surprised by the familiarity of the Dutch Christmas and lack of some commercial traditions that go hand-in-hand with the festive season back home.
To make it clear from the very beginning, I’m not writing a report on holiday season in these countries but rather retelling what I have seen and experienced. Thus, Continue reading
I love flowers and sun, snow-break and first birds singing, cute fragile snodrops and fields of dandelions… I actually like the 8th of March as it makes me believe that spring’s here. Much more than the 1st March does. After all, Women’s Day is also called a holiday of spring and it brings so many smiles to our life: both from women receiving colourful tulips and from men presenting flowers to them.
This is another morning for me to find all my postboxes in all social nets full. And it seemed to be so usual day from the beginning… “Happy Valentine’s Day!”, “Wishing you the nicest things”, “Person like u will make my life lovely” (Ha! U wish!), “U r unique, u r caring and ur the best” (ok, good to know 
), prewritten poetry, hearts, chocolates, roses… Yuk! And those “lips” and “flowers” on my profile on draugiem.lv, and those “Give X a Valentine’s gift” on Facebook… Doh! That’s annoying.
