Without removing their boots, they walked around the non-heating radiator, felt it, struggling to detect even a trace of warmth - but nothing. After a certain failure, having tried to argue that everything here was wrong and that the valve could be replaced (preferably paid in cash), they arrived at the conclusion that the connecting joint could be replaced.
Christmas and gift-giving time is approaching, so just as in previous years I am seeking out and bringing to life ideas for handmade festive decorations, tree ornaments and personalised little gifts. This time I will explain how to decorate a candle simply.
Just four days in December on weekends - the 1st and 2nd, and 15th and 16th - from 13:00 to 20:00 at the LIDO complex in Riga, there is a market featuring products from Latgale producers. Here you can purchase various delicacies lovingly made in Latgale - home cheese, gingerbread, Aglona bread (SIA "Cīši gords"), Preiļi wines (farm "Kalni", Count Borch's Preiļi Palace cellar wine, Kotler's Wine Village), as well as Advent wreaths, various knitwear, teas, beeswax candles and woven goods.
In youth, Sagittarius aims high, often overestimating their own abilities. Routine and mediocrity are not meant for them.
In the middle of the room, one younger and one older Russian-speaking young men had each ordered the largest pizza, which they were then quickly eating, washing it down with tea - not cola, as one might clichédly imagine.
Scorpio is convinced throughout their life that they can handle any task, whatever is offered to them. If a Scorpio is not yet a boss - know that they soon will be.
When I learned that Zvaigzne ABC had published the book "Čaks in the Kitchen", I was pleasantly surprised. Biographies had mentioned that Čaks - atypically for a poet and a man - had been a capable cook, but a whole collection of recipes was something entirely new. One recipe was also put into practice.
Latvia's 94th birthday and the Staro Rīga light festival went hand in hand this year. People who wandered through Riga's streets, squares, and parks on this Sunday, popped into cafés or warmed themselves with a glass of mulled wine among the craftsmen's stalls, were equally participants in both joyful events.
When an emperor penguin swims, the friction between its body and the water limits its maximum speed to 1.2–2.7 m/s. However, in brief bursts of acceleration, penguins are able to overcome this limitation and increase that speed two or even three times by releasing tiny air bubbles from their plumage. The air bubbles reduce the density and viscosity of the surrounding water, reducing friction and allowing significantly greater speeds. The secret is hidden in the feathers. While most birds have feathers growing directly from the skin, penguins have tiny hair-like filaments at the base of each feather that are capable of trapping air bubbles - so small that they act as a lubricant across the feather surface layer. Read more in National Geographic (Russia), November 2012 issue.
Talking about wine is always captivating, as it inevitably leads to conversations about the country and place the wine comes from, its production and drinking traditions, and the feelings and associations that wine tasting evokes. The event took place on the evening of Thursday, 15 November, coinciding with the Beaujolais Nouveau celebration in France's Beaujolais region and beyond. It is on the third Thursday of every November that this year's vintage wine goes on sale.