A British person, meeting a subscriber from New York(USA), both sitting at a table, having shots and speaking in Russian with a lady named Zita in Riga-Latvia. Nobody would believe this story, if it wasn't on tape :D Cheers Justin, I love all your videos.
We Latvians are very sensitive about any kind of association with russian or soviet, but I have to admit it is what it is. Calling Latvia post soviet is if you call France post Nazi or Ireland post British/ If you call UK post Danish it is not sound so painful cause wounds already healed, but here in Latvia... man it is too panful to hear.
Yes bad stuff happened for sure, horrors. Just recently there was a memorial day in latvia for that. A lot of suffering happened during the war or as a resulting politics of it in latvia. Latvian Jewish people faced absolute horror there and so many families were destroyed when the German occupation happened. When the soviets occupied it after that many of the surviving Jewish people were sent to concentration camps or gulagi in Siberia or elsewhere in Russia and received some of the worst treatment there
26:07 We don't call them by the russian name ''draniki''. These pancakes are called ''kartupeļu pankūkas'' (potato pancakes) in latvian. Please don't let the russian occupation mislead you."
If you don't like video about people united by dufferent cultures, just skip it. Leave cave nacionalism to 'kartupeļu pankūkas' like your are. I'm from Latvia and I approve name ''draniki''.
Justin, your production in your videos has really improved. Thank you for shedding light on this amazing part of the world with its amazing people and colourful history.
Zigfrīds is not an uncommon name in Latvia, quite popular between older men. Btw- our first prime-minister was also a Zigfrīds (Anna Meierovics), there’s a boulevard named after him in Riga. If I might add- we don’t call it “dryaniki”, that’s Russian and Belarussian. In Latvian it’s just potato pancakes.
I was there two years ago, the old center is definitely very expensive. But you go outside of that area and the prices are way better, but surprisingly not as cheap as I thought it would be.
@@DiabeticCork i work in finland Lahti, im from latvia, and my coworkers are usually sayingthat everything seems like its completely free in latvia, like beer on average in finland costs 5 times more, cigarettes 3.5 times more, meat 3 times more, only stuff like clothing and electronics is same price. And restaurants in latvia usually have like 3rd of price for food.
Zigfrids is not an entirely unusual name in Latvia. The German's occupied Kurzeme in the 1200's, and have been in and out ever since. Hence why my last name is kelers. Pronounced "Keh-lers"
I just watched skroderdians silmači in the national theater a couple of days ago and it clearly portrayed how people lived with each other here in latvia before all the big wars. There were baltic german characters, Jewish characters and latvian pagan characters. That was a life that rudolfs blaumanis knew. Very different from Latvians society today where baltic german and Jewish populations for unfortunate reasons have been greatly decreased. This is not latvia that Rūdolfs Blaumanis knew and the play is about those olden times. In fact his families first language was german as it was very common in latvia in those days, Rūdolfs learned latvian from meeting other kids that spoke it. Another well known latvian author Aspazija whom I think Rūdolfs knew also published her first poetry in german. At that time english language was no big deal here in latvia. These days latvian german speakers are far less and more difficult to find. How times have changed and probably a lot of that due to the two major world wars
I suspect Zita's native language is Latvian actually. Obviously Tom is not speaking Latvian. I understand that. Russian is international. It is very painful to see Latvian is fading away. Should not allow that. Nice video. Thank You, Justin.
I was last weekend in Riga by car from Poland. I agree people there are amazing friendly and city is also great with lot of parks and beautifull architecture.
Can you tell me why you are speaking to Latvians in russian? We have our own language you know, which is our one and only national language. You can easily speak to us in English; 90% of Latvians(not russians) understand it.
Perhaps that simply was the language that they all knew the best and they spoke it. It's as simple as that. Many latvian people know Russian better than English
Justin casually ignoring comments about how he talks in russian in Latvia. This isn't Russia cmon you can do better if you really like this country and people.
He talks Russian in Georgia as well and he talks it very well. He knows Russian a lot better than Georgian or latvian and the people he speaks with also know Russian very well as many people in latvia and Georgia do and they simply speak it for better communication as that is what both sides understand the best
idk if its good idia to stop speking russian, becous its our neihgbour and we should know the langue, and i can see tou have no problem speaking in english whys is that?
LOL Norway does not speak Russian. Who cares if it's neighbour or not. There are way too many situations when ruzzian is spoken where it should be just Latvian or, in case of international communication, English. Russian can be used but never imposed.
It's not a war criminals language, most of the Russian speakers have personally nothing to do with it. It's just a language. Latvians too were war criminals and did terrible things to latvian Jewish people and perhaps according to your train of thought that would be a good reason to not speak latvian? That makes no sense. Justin has great respect for and he is very fond of Russian language and he uses it for better communication in Georgia and latvia with others who also understand it very well and there are plenty of those in both countries. Many Latvians know Russian better than English. Latvian German speakers are now far more less common than it was in Rūdolfa Blaumaņa times, his first language actually was german, that was his families language as it was very common back in the day before the two major world wars, English was no big deal here in latvia. Times have surely changed. We should all better live friendly despite the past. Like the latvian Jewish composer Boriss rezņiks the author of atmostas Baltija song in all three languages. No matter what latvian people did to his family friends or relatives he still composed a song that stands for freedom and applies to all the decent people who live there and stands for a good cause no matter who you are, Russian latvian Jewish or what not. Freedom and peace is a good thing for everyone living there
@@dreamthedream8929 Now who are the war criminals in the middle east now? Unlike Israel, Latvia was completely peaceful country and minded their own business during their independence. What happened in Latvian territory during WW2 was the result of occupation by both soviets and germans. None of those atrocities would've happened if those two countries didn't come in like the occupants that they are.
Stop telling people what to do and what not to do... If you want to be in the west, learn the fundamentals of freedom😉 I speak Russian in Brighton beach new York, Sunny isles Florida and Riga Latvia. All the best mate👍
"If you want to be in the west.." woah.. mate, chill, it ain't 1992. We are in EU. Ruskies are long gone. You are free to speak english in tourist places.
A British person, meeting a subscriber from New York(USA), both sitting at a table, having shots and speaking in Russian with a lady named Zita in Riga-Latvia. Nobody would believe this story, if it wasn't on tape :D Cheers Justin, I love all your videos.
I loved how you guys just broke into a Spanish conversation. Can't wait for the next episode!
We Latvians are very sensitive about any kind of association with russian or soviet, but I have to admit it is what it is. Calling Latvia post soviet is if you call France post Nazi or Ireland post British/ If you call UK post Danish it is not sound so painful cause wounds already healed, but here in Latvia... man it is too panful to hear.
Yes bad stuff happened for sure, horrors. Just recently there was a memorial day in latvia for that. A lot of suffering happened during the war or as a resulting politics of it in latvia. Latvian Jewish people faced absolute horror there and so many families were destroyed when the German occupation happened. When the soviets occupied it after that many of the surviving Jewish people were sent to concentration camps or gulagi in Siberia or elsewhere in Russia and received some of the worst treatment there
Fakti
How about Black Dutch
26:07 We don't call them by the russian name ''draniki''. These pancakes are called ''kartupeļu pankūkas'' (potato pancakes) in latvian. Please don't let the russian occupation mislead you."
Draniki is Belorussian dish.
@@Сигизмунд-с2й Ye even better. I am right anyways, because unfortunately Belarus is puppet state to Russia and 80% there speak russian
If you don't like video about people united by dufferent cultures, just skip it. Leave cave nacionalism to 'kartupeļu pankūkas' like your are. I'm from Latvia and I approve name ''draniki''.
As ALWAYS another fine production and enjoyable video. Cheers
amazing vibe always happy smiling well done spread the kindness Justin always positive and cool 😎👌enjoy Ur journey and trip
Amazing weather,friends,food and video brother ! Excellent
Justin, your production in your videos has really improved. Thank you for shedding light on this amazing part of the world with its amazing people and colourful history.
Thank you so much for pointing that out .. working hard on it. And my absolute pleasure, this is a wonderful place👍
People this is a classic Mi-5 CiA Agent meet and greet.
I'm kidding please don't have me killed. 😢
Zigfrīds is not an uncommon name in Latvia, quite popular between older men. Btw- our first prime-minister was also a Zigfrīds (Anna Meierovics), there’s a boulevard named after him in Riga.
If I might add- we don’t call it “dryaniki”, that’s Russian and Belarussian. In Latvian it’s just potato pancakes.
❤ KEEP IT UP PLZ , GOOD LUCK SIR 👍 ENJOY THE TIME WITH THE FRIEND , GOD BLESS U, FROM SURANGA ( SRILANKA )
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The Queen Mum said that New York is the Land of Enchantment 🎉❤
great video justin friend! i hope to come soon too :)
Good stuff!
Thanks for watching my friend! 👍👌
"Veeganteh" There's a line over the I instead of a dot, makes it the long sound 🥰
Great episode Justin! Also, can Tom help me with my neuropathy lol
Looks great and was good weather shame about the observation deck maybe another time
You should try Tallinn.
I'm myself from Riga but Tallinn is something else . Especially the old town.
You should try Iesala dzēriens, it's similar to kvass but much better, stronger taste, richer taste palette.
Mate, thanks for that recommendation... I just tried it and it is amazing👍👌
Мои любимые видосы это когда у тебя есть выпивка и хорошая компания 👍
21:10 Thats a respectfull man. Never sit when shaking mans hand.
One my friend is in Riga now. Telling it's more expensive at the centre than in Turku, Finland. Can't believe.
Not really surprised since it is the centre, but as you go out, things get cheaper
I was there two years ago, the old center is definitely very expensive. But you go outside of that area and the prices are way better, but surprisingly not as cheap as I thought it would be.
@@DiabeticCork i work in finland Lahti, im from latvia, and my coworkers are usually sayingthat everything seems like its completely free in latvia, like beer on average in finland costs 5 times more, cigarettes 3.5 times more, meat 3 times more, only stuff like clothing and electronics is same price. And restaurants in latvia usually have like 3rd of price for food.
@@DiabeticCork I have been travelling there since 1999 and I remember low prices
Zigfrids is not an entirely unusual name in Latvia. The German's occupied Kurzeme in the 1200's, and have been in and out ever since. Hence why my last name is kelers. Pronounced "Keh-lers"
I just watched skroderdians silmači in the national theater a couple of days ago and it clearly portrayed how people lived with each other here in latvia before all the big wars. There were baltic german characters, Jewish characters and latvian pagan characters. That was a life that rudolfs blaumanis knew. Very different from Latvians society today where baltic german and Jewish populations for unfortunate reasons have been greatly decreased. This is not latvia that Rūdolfs Blaumanis knew and the play is about those olden times. In fact his families first language was german as it was very common in latvia in those days, Rūdolfs learned latvian from meeting other kids that spoke it. Another well known latvian author Aspazija whom I think Rūdolfs knew also published her first poetry in german. At that time english language was no big deal here in latvia. These days latvian german speakers are far less and more difficult to find. How times have changed and probably a lot of that due to the two major world wars
I suspect Zita's native language is Latvian actually. Obviously Tom is not speaking Latvian. I understand that. Russian is international. It is very painful to see Latvian is fading away. Should not allow that. Nice video. Thank You, Justin.
They simply speak the language that all 3 of them understand the best and that happens to be Russian
@@dreamthedream8929 Already said, I understand that. Thank You for Your reply.
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Hi Justin I'm going to armenia at first of August,if u won't to come there ,we can met.
I was last weekend in Riga by car from Poland. I agree people there are amazing friendly and city is also great with lot of parks and beautifull architecture.
Llllloooolllll friendly? What kind of drugs are you taking?
0:07 True russian experience. Constantly talking to people on streets in russian
If you are still looking for that medicine then I maybe able to help you with that!
Yes mate... Can we communicate on telegram or insta?
I can say a few words in Russian i have to many bloodlines so another in me is North Siberian Russian to Cold to live there mate
Can you tell me why you are speaking to Latvians in russian? We have our own language you know, which is our one and only national language. You can easily speak to us in English; 90% of Latvians(not russians) understand it.
Perhaps that simply was the language that they all knew the best and they spoke it. It's as simple as that. Many latvian people know Russian better than English
Latvia will most probably disappear within several years. Why should he bother about this strange language?
@@Сигизмунд-с2й there are other reasons why they perhaps all used Russian here, I mentioned it above. Nothing to do with disappearing or not
@@dreamthedream8929 Nope, both the restaurant's employee and a guest were Latvian. You can clearly hear them speaking Latvian at one point.
@@Сигизмунд-с2й You are probably a russian who will soon die in a war?
Šmakovka got you to hard in this video as I see. Tom was good sport. I see why you published this, but it was not your day man.
Its nice because its no blacks on the corners😅
Justin casually ignoring comments about how he talks in russian in Latvia. This isn't Russia cmon you can do better if you really like this country and people.
He talks Russian in Georgia as well and he talks it very well. He knows Russian a lot better than Georgian or latvian and the people he speaks with also know Russian very well as many people in latvia and Georgia do and they simply speak it for better communication as that is what both sides understand the best
idk if its good idia to stop speking russian, becous its our neihgbour and we should know the langue, and i can see tou have no problem speaking in english whys is that?
LOL
Norway does not speak Russian. Who cares if it's neighbour or not. There are way too many situations when ruzzian is spoken where it should be just Latvian or, in case of international communication, English. Russian can be used but never imposed.
Disrespectful to Latvia. If you wanna talk with people and don't know the local language then just speak english, not war criminals language
It's not a war criminals language, most of the Russian speakers have personally nothing to do with it. It's just a language. Latvians too were war criminals and did terrible things to latvian Jewish people and perhaps according to your train of thought that would be a good reason to not speak latvian? That makes no sense. Justin has great respect for and he is very fond of Russian language and he uses it for better communication in Georgia and latvia with others who also understand it very well and there are plenty of those in both countries. Many Latvians know Russian better than English. Latvian German speakers are now far more less common than it was in Rūdolfa Blaumaņa times, his first language actually was german, that was his families language as it was very common back in the day before the two major world wars, English was no big deal here in latvia. Times have surely changed. We should all better live friendly despite the past. Like the latvian Jewish composer Boriss rezņiks the author of atmostas Baltija song in all three languages. No matter what latvian people did to his family friends or relatives he still composed a song that stands for freedom and applies to all the decent people who live there and stands for a good cause no matter who you are, Russian latvian Jewish or what not. Freedom and peace is a good thing for everyone living there
@@dreamthedream8929 Now who are the war criminals in the middle east now? Unlike Israel, Latvia was completely peaceful country and minded their own business during their independence. What happened in Latvian territory during WW2 was the result of occupation by both soviets and germans. None of those atrocities would've happened if those two countries didn't come in like the occupants that they are.
stop speaking russian lol
Stop telling people what to do and what not to do... If you want to be in the west, learn the fundamentals of freedom😉
I speak Russian in Brighton beach new York, Sunny isles Florida and Riga Latvia.
All the best mate👍
@@J.E.E yeah, i got your point, it was meant more to have respect toward natives and respect the culture and the country you are in.
"If you want to be in the west.." woah.. mate, chill, it ain't 1992. We are in EU. Ruskies are long gone. You are free to speak english in tourist places.