Naked maidens, snarling gargoyles, screaming faces, writhing snakes, flying dragons, prancing peacocks, and heroic gods and goddesses: does this sound like a recipe for a fantasy novel? Continue reading
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Upstarts and Ingrates: Art Nouveau in Subotica, Serbia
From fashion to furniture, houses to hair styles, every generation knows exactly what it finds attractive. And then the next-generation ingrates arrive on the scene to scoff at bygone trends, calling them old-fashioned and outdated relics. Continue reading
A Face-Off on the Façade: Riga’s Art Nouveau Masterpiece
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” —Michelangelo Continue reading
Those Bodacious Baltic Beasties
If you’ve ever lived in a big city, you know that your chances of seeing wild animals are pretty slim … unless you go to the zoo. Continue reading
The Riga Ramble
After getting gezellig the night before, we were ready to take on Riga the next morning. It was the perfect day for a long, no-destination-in-mind walk. The clouds were flying, shifting the sky from clear blue to threatening gray. Continue reading