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jrotenberg19:08:47

wow, riga, latvia

jstaffans19:08:07

great place! the soviets used it for movie backdrops when shooting films set in paris

andrewhr19:08:02

jstaffans: english speaking? at least "doable"?

jrotenberg19:08:07

i spent a couple days in riga in 1995 or so

jrotenberg19:08:15

blow away by how beautiful it was

jrotenberg19:08:51

mostly just walked around, i didn’t have much time

jrotenberg19:08:37

i didn’t speak any latvian and i don’t remember having an issue, and that was 20 years ago

jstaffans20:08:53

most people under 30 or so speak english

dottedmag20:08:55

Average salary after tax in Latvia is just 600 euro/month, so it might be not quite lavish position.

dottedmag20:08:51

A nice place to spend summer holiday though ;)