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| superstacker Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5586 days ago 25 posts - 28 votes Studies: French, Russian, Spanish | Message 1 of 5 19 October 2012 at 12:46am | IP Logged | ||
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I'll start this thread to document my upcoming language experience in Latvia studying
Russian. Some background on me: I'm 27 and have been studying Russian in my spare time to a basic level. I have little experience of using any Russian skills "in anger" except for the one Lithuanian shoplifter I had the pleasure of speaking to after she was arrested for shoplifting. (She spoke Russian as a second language and not English). Travelling to Russia as a UK citizen seems to be a bit of an administrative nightmare with Visas and invites etc, so I often google for language schools in Ukraine or Latvia as an alternative. I happened across a website for a company called Russian Up who offer an immersion experience in Riga, Latvia. After some emails back and forth asking about my hobbies and personality, they have matched me with a language teacher to spend the week with in Riga. My trip leaves on Sunday 21st October and I will update everyone as it goes on! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| viedums Hexaglot Senior Member Thailand Joined 4447 days ago 327 posts - 528 votes  Speaks: Latvian, English*, German, Mandarin, Thai, French Studies: Vietnamese | Message 2 of 5 19 October 2012 at 4:15am | IP Logged | ||
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Best of luck with your studies. I lived in Riga for several years during the 1990s, it’s a great place with more of a big-city feel to it than the other Baltic capitals. Some of the suburbs are mainly Russian, like Plavnieki – hopefully you won’t be spending all of your time out there. There are cultural events happening in Russian too, like a drama theater, although I never checked that out. Actually the current mayor is an ethnic Russian. Jurmala (the beach closest to the city) might be worth a visit.
Just don’t tell the immigration officials what you’re there for! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| superstacker Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5586 days ago 25 posts - 28 votes Studies: French, Russian, Spanish | Message 3 of 5 20 October 2012 at 11:31am | IP Logged | ||
As an EU citizen I have the right to work, study, visit and live in any EU state, which is part of the appeal of Latvia :) Thanks for your advice about the city though! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| viedums Hexaglot Senior Member Thailand Joined 4447 days ago 327 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Latvian, English*, German, Mandarin, Thai, French Studies: Vietnamese | Message 4 of 5 31 October 2012 at 2:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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I was only joking with the immigration comment.
So, how did it go? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| superstacker Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5586 days ago 25 posts - 28 votes Studies: French, Russian, Spanish | Message 5 of 5 31 October 2012 at 11:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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In short, it was a very good experience, I have been busy at work, however I will do my
write up this week :) 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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