i was born in city Cēsis (now its like 805 years old city with castle and everything..) with some 15 000 people living there.
most of my childhood was spent in countryside 2 km away from Cēsis...well we had a typical garden for latvians - potatoes, tomatoes, strawberries, apples etc. i had and still have 2 saunas there, a lake and close by is largest ski resort in whole country. when i was older spent 3 winters on a snowboard until i had accident when i totally smashed my helmet falling on a rail - first time i ever wore one and just that day it kept my brains from covering whole rail.
had nice days running up the hill to neighbours after fresh milk and eggs so i can have traditional desert for lunch called "sambuks"
had 2 older cousins who used to scare me and then come to apologise afterwards with the sweets they didn't like.
