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On trouble, houses on fire and the non existent Latvian embassy... 19. septembra specializlaidums Ierasto rita rutinu sorit partrauca satraucosa zina. Latvijas Radio melns uz balta zino, ka Ungarijas galvaspilseta notiek jebsu nakti ir notikusi nemieri. Pie parlamenta - t.i. kadus tris kvartalus no skolas. Luk - tas bija interesanti! Kadu bridi apsveru, vai tik diktori nav sajaukusi Ungariju un Uragvaju. Tomer, ne. Ikrita metro celojuma apspriedu so zinu ar daziem citiem tik pat nezinosiem un parsteigtiem laudim un daziem, kuri bija gadijusies gajienam cela, savukart skola sis kluva par jaunumu Nr. 1, kuru vairumam no mums bija pazinojusi satraukti vecaki no visam pasaules malam (Get back home Now !) . Ar mineto godpilnaja otraja vieta tika nobidits jautajums par to, kadel nav iespejams pieregistreties Jean Monet modulim par Eiropas integraciju, bet pie kursa, kurs netiek piedavats nevienam citam - tikai mums - visi ka viens atrodas gaidisanas liste? Velos visus nomierinat - Ungarijas ...

On the beauty of weekends, basketball, poker and boheme and sleepless nights with a smell of coffee that lingers in the air... Que hermossa hacer nada y descansar despues! Citiem vardiem sakot - nav neka labaka ka nedarit neko un pec tam atpusties! Aptuveni sadas siesta noskanas mes p avadijam savu piektienu un sestdienu (sodien ir svetdiena - noteiktu planu nav, iznemot pokera speli vakara). Tomer, atgriezoties pie slinkosanas, nav pamata domat, ka sada slinkosana bija pilnigi nepelnita. Ari rinda stavesana, lai ko atdotu vai sanemtu, var prasit neticami daudz speka! Turklat mes esam dabujusi savu lekciju sarakstu, ar kuru iepazistoties nekavejoties tapa skaidrs, ka pec nakamas nedelas brivs laiks apvienots ar svaigu gaisu varetu klut par greznibu, bet bohemas ipatsvars musu jauiegutaja studentu dzive samazinaties tiktal, ka...pat bail domat. Par bohemu un neguletam naktim...Ja tev, manu lasitaj, to dzirdod iemirdzas acis un sirds sitas straujak - sis ir istais laika un ista vieta. ...

On how I fell in love with Budapest in seven hours and the odd feeling of being a student... Ja staigā pa Budapeštu 7 stundas no vietas, var nonākt pie šādiem - tādiem secinājumiem. Piemēram - ka visas mājas ir tādas..resnas, ka filma "Motociklu vasara" nav tikusi uzņemta pareizajā valstī - tai noteikti bija jātiek uzņemtai Ungārijā, ka rieksti var izskatīties biedējoši, ka Ungāri ir tikai pa pusei komercializējušies, jo kamēr pie vienas ieejas vīna festivālā ir jāmksā, apejot apkārt mājai, tajā var iekļūt par velti. Ne mazāk svarīgas ir zināšanas par to, ka gadījumā, ja tu nenopērc biļeti autobusā vai metro un tevi pieķer - jāmaksā 5800 forintu (daliet ar 4 un noņemiet divas nulles), BET, tos samaksājot, tev vēl arī iedod trīs dienu biļeti, kas tik un tā maksā 5800. Mieru, tikai mieru - satraukumam nav pamata - mani nepieķēra, to tikko uzzināju no puiša, kurš sēž un klabina mazos, melnos taustiņus man blakus. Vienvārdsakot - šī diena bija izdevusies - laukā bija karsts, mē...

Days go by and all I have seen is: hotel, car and office. So here I am again, people are late but I managed to get an Internet wire and lulled by the gentle sound of Mongolian all around me, as rest of the team keeps chatting, I`m shortening my time by writting this... I have come up with a reason why one feels so energetic here, regardless the fact that she has to wake up at 3am (LV time, surely). Since most facilities are covered in syntetic carpets, every touch of a metal object tends to bring a little eletric shock. A bit of eletricity couple of times a day is good to stay wide awake and brisk. It certainly works for me!

What is the most overwhelming feeling that lingers when I think about these few days in UB city? No other place I have been to so far and for such a short time has instilled such respect for what is .. a wish to accept and understand the course of events and reasons behind them, instead of trying to change this reality to match with the right one . Though very welcoming, this is another continentality

A short account on our travel to the Chingis Haans „village”. The place. The place reminded me our licensing workshops because foreigners have to pay a special tax (3000 tugrik) for exiting the place. Locals are charged 300. Now, does that not remind you the museums in St. Petersburg or Moscow? : ) The trip. But the trip was nice. I`d say Mongolia – nuts and bolts. Ichka took us to a nearby ger village – a replica of what real one should look like. Us means – two Latvians and David from South Africa.The v alley was lovely and quite, the day still is absolutely fabulous, warm (no wind), sunny and the sky...Well you already know what I think about Mongolia’s sky. We got our of no-roads experience, a nice ger to have lunch in (for those interested, I had a very liberal (as David, also a vegetarian said) vegetarian lunch – a meat dumpling and a meat soup: ). Valts tried to ride a horse and in turns we amused the little boy who took care of us by trying to pretend to be good archers. Our ...

Today was the first time we saw Ulaanbaatar in daylight. It means - I walked futher and longer than to the office and our newly discovered supper place. A nice little Babel. We spent some fun but depressing time shopping for souvenirs together with one of our interpreters – Byan ( Mongolian names are complicated!!). He told me mass of funny stories about Mongolian language. One of them was about Mongolian sense of direction. From now on I’ll always remember that whenever a Mongolian talks about directions " straight, to the right and then to the left" must not be followed directly, that is, it`s better not to follow the direction where he or she points her finger. Instead we must pull out our little compasses and find the South. Then turn to the East and then to the West. In Ulaanbaatar it’s much easayer. For those who have no clue about where is the South – just find the Big Mountain! If its cloudy (and it happens sometimes)…you’ll just have to trust your pears… Oh, oh, ...