This puzzled me. Was it the work of a visiting Brit with a spray can? Or just a local hoodie with a desire to show off his foreign language skills?
Then I came across this
I know English is the universal language but I still find it strange/amazing whenever I come across it in situations like this.
Another day another country. Lithuania went much the same way as Estonia, but this time I'd already been warned what to expect, so the silence wasn't as disconcerting.
I then had 3 hours before flying home, which I spent walking the streets of the Old Town, I did find this place, which I want to believe was the Eastern Bloc's answer to NYC's Studio 54. Notice too the impressive hours of business (9pm-5am). Alas I was never to go inside, which may well have been a good thing as it will forever be the urber 70s kitch heaven of my imagination.
Great type.
Following on from the previous entry about use of English, I saw this sign in Lithuanian. Don't know about you but I think that just looks a better way of spelling alcohol.
It's always nice to give something back to the community, even if you do feel the need to paint it in corporate colours and cover it in your logo. But I'm not against that, after all there's no such thing as a free playground as anyone in the lunch business knows only too well.
It's just that if you're going to go that route you had better make sure you keep it nice and clean and graffitti-free if you want it to be a positive representation of your brand in the community. And not a junkies hang out. Made me realise that a higher level of commitment is going to be demanded from companies in the future, as a lot of what they do is going to hang around the web for a long time.
New York Paris London, I could understand, after all that's the classic jetset trinity beloved of fashion houses and perfumeries the world over, but these three cities? Does anyone know why?
I don't know if it was because I was missing my son or not, but I really love this idea of having a pinboard in the childrens' play area for childern's pictures. A missed opportunity for a child-friendly company to get involved.
During the years of occupation, anyone leaving flowers here would be bundled off to Siberia. As a result the Latvians refer to this war memorial as the travel agency. Kind of sums up the spirit of the place, that attitude.
Not too sure what this building was, but the army were goose stepping around it, so I was suitably impressed. Loved the artwork too.
Flew off to Latvia that night. Same deal the next day, 9.30am start and then the rest of the day to myself.
This time, I killed them. Same jokes. Same provocative thoughts. But what difference. A wonderfully lively debate afterwards that lasted 40minutes. What can I say, different country, different culture same material. Latvia, I love you.
They also had something of sheer brilliance at the event - instead of having to put your hand up and ask questions you could SMS it to a screen.
After, I went walking around the Old Town. Whenever I go abroad I never really do what I should, museums, sites etc. For me I like to just sit and watch and absorb the place I'm in and that's exactly what I did.
Found a great coffee shop
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