An Ode to My Mother

So i am no longer traveling the globe (well, temporarily). This was why i started this whole blog to begin with, and its been so nice to know a lot of people were checking in on me. So that was that.

But my mom got mad at me and told me i need to keep her updated on life so here the blog continues and perhaps there will be something interesting to talk about soon.

Well, i am moving to Berkley, CA for a couple months, so that's something new. Stay tuned. Funny things are always happening.

-Erin

Action Shots

All the photos are blurry, but it makes the experience seem edgy.

I bought a bike

Action shots to come


And it was so nice to be reintroduced to unexplainable LA traffic. Kisses Los Angeles!

I like Bikes

I landed at LAX airport at 8:30pm. I was whisked hurriedly to echo park; arriving at 9:15pm (abouts). There, a little cruiser was awaiting. At 9:30pm we rode from Echo Park up to Los Felliz Rite Aid and met there a nice collection of cyclists. We rode out at 10:30 and all rode around the little city.
around 12pm the cops came around with the helicopter and the fancy SUV police cars and it was amazing how quickly the group thinned, people darting onto little streets to their next drunken desination. So we kept going up Glendale when they made a u-turn and rode straight up hill for half the ride home. The other half was down hill.


Riding next to the LA river




there's something there i promise

Fishermen

In Latvia, our hotel was right by a little river leading to the ocean. On side of the bridge, it was a fast moving water, but on the other side of the bridge, parts of the river were frozen over. just PARTS. Would you go walking out onto that ice? Most peple would say no. Most people would just laugh. BUT what if you were drunk on Vodka, and only in town for one month out of the year--the only time you can fish a particular, tiny little fish in this one river? Then you wuld have a party on the ice... for days. Little lanterns, lounge chairs, poking holes in the ice with whatever you can find... fishing... oh and being drunk on Vodka. I am told these are not Latvians, but a bunch of Lithuanians.
Crazy Eastern Europers.

Bobsledding

I got to BOBSLED. TOTALLY ADDICTIVE. Really fast and scary and awesome. All i have is a pic of a third of the track... but i promise i was there, i totally Bobsledded in Latvia. Check!

Ex Soviet State Latvia

So i never posted everything there was about Riga. I finally went into the city and took some pictures from my window. Later, i partook in Latvia's best beer and Latvia's national liquor with is totally indescribable, black, herby sort of drink.