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Sunsets, Solstices, and Saying Goodbye

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24 Jun 2025

Elle

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Adventure, Baltic Travel, city life, Cultural Exchange, Farewell, Language Learning, Liden & Denz, local experiences, personal growth, Riga, Russian language, summer solstice, travel blog, travel memories, travel reflections

Sunsets, Solstices, and Saying Goodbye

I’m writing this the morning after the summer solstice celebrations. My friends and I spent the night on the beach, dancing to Latvian music with flower crowns in our hair, ...

05 Dec 2016

Ellie

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Career, Conflict, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Understanding, Language Learning, Languages, Learning Russian, Resolution, Travel, Why I Learn Russian, Work

Rhyme or Reason: Why I Study Russian

As I come to the end of my stay in Russia and I look ahead to what my future may hold, I can’t help but ask the question: why do I and so many others study Russian? I am not ...