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1-elina
2-church
3-church
4-ceremony
5-ceremony
6-stained glass
7-greg, elina & parents
8-best man, greg, elina & maid of honor
9-me
10-me & jason
11-sigulda
12-sigulda
13-sigulda
14-sigulda
15-sigulda
16-birini castle
17-birini castle
18-birini detail
19-birini detail
20-birini detail
21-birini detail
22-birini castle
23-birini castle
24-storks nest
25-gentlemen
26-ladies
27-custom
28-cake
29-morning beers
30-freedom monument
31-old riga
32-old riga
33-old riga
34-old riga
35-beer garden
36-old riga


where: riga, latvia
when: august 14, 2006

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what/who:
LEFT - House of Blackheads (left - former guild building circa 1334, bombed in 1941 during World War II, demolished by the Soviets in 1948 who considered it to represent "decadent" German architecture, and rebuilt in 1995-99 in honour of the city's 800th anniversary in 2001)
RIGHT- Occupation Museum (right - 3 occupations 1940-1991: Soviet, Nazi then Soviet again)