Here are a few observations of the interesting differences here in Riga. Some of these you may know about some you may not. The first thing that is very different is the length of daylight here. It gets "dark" around 11:30pm and starts getting light around 3:30am this time of year in Riga. Its crazy! The reason that I say "dark" is that it never really gets completely dark here. The next observation is that men and women both wear their wedding bands on their right hands here. This is opposite what I'm used to. Also when I bought a jacket here the zipper was on the opposite side and it kind of threw me at first! Another thing is the electrical sockets in the walls. The plugs are shaped completely different and they have 240V coming out of them as opposed to 110V back home! Also the toilets here have no handles on them! Most of them have a button on the top of the tank split into two halves. You push one half for #1 and both halves for #2! It is a very effecient design that helps conserve water. These will probably eventually catch on in the States. Another this is bottled water. If you buy a bottle of water here you will get carbonated water unless you specifically ask for "still" water. Ask me how I know! One more thing is the light switches. They don't really have switches like I'm used to they have rocker switches and most of the time they aren't in same room as the lights they control. They are just outside the room. Even bathrooms too. Hmm, this leaves room for some mean tricks! Yep I've already done that one though...anyway that's about it for now.
*The above image are of some of the light switches here in Riga*
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