Inese Dūka

11th of November

I don’t even know where to start… I guess I just wanted to say that this is one of the days when I’d just love to be back in Riga. Yesterday was Mārtiņdiena – end of autumn and begninning of winter. Today thousands of people in Riga went to the embankment and to the Freedom monument to light some candles. And next Saturday around this time they will flock to the Akmens tilts and Vanšu tilts and the embankment again to hope for good weather for the fireworks. All of this used to be part of my autumn. Just like the golden leaves and the colourful chrysanthemums. I have always been a winter person. So who would have thought I’d miss autumn this much?...