Day 56: I'm singing in the sun...

I woke up to hear a radio playing very loud music this morning - and no, it wasn't the Bob Marley dog from yesterday. As I was making my tea, I suddenly heard a man singing along to the songs and let's just say he didn't have the best singing voice in the world. I realised he was probably one of the decorators that have been popping up in the dorms lately. He even sang the advert jingles! It was making me laugh (and slightly cringe at times) so to save him the embarrassment I didn't open my door and have a little peek.

The weather was absolutely lovely today but probably not as hot as I've heard it is in England right now. I received an email from the university letting me know that I had two letters waiting for me in reception. Two more parcels? Surely not. During my walk in the sunshine, I took a small detour to collect these mystery letters. Even when I saw them I had no idea what they were. To my surprise, they were birthday cards sent all the way from England! I hope it isn't bad luck to open birthday cards 10 days before the big day.

I have developed a new addiction whilst being here in Latvia - a very specific kind of cake. So specific that I don't actually know the name of it so I took a photo of one instead:

Delicious!

I actually wouldn't mind having 30 of these stacked high on a plate as my birthday cake... Hmm, not a bad idea at all.

I decided to sit in a park and read for a few hours, one of the most relaxing things you can do when the sun is out. What made it even more amazing was the nearby jazz restaurant; there was a band playing live jazz music outside. I'm actually planning to visit this restaurant tomorrow - the music was just too good to listen to once! What has that jazz festival done to me?

My view from the park bench.

Unfortunately, our plans for filming this evening were cancelled yet again, but I don't think we will reschedule this one. I believe that filming for this project is now complete. We have captured pretty much all of Valmiera, the clubs, kayaking, Gauja river, landscape views and so much more. Bring on the editing!

On a very important side note, I have just noticed that I have 25 tea bags to last me for the remaining 22 days in Latvia. I suppose I'll have to limit myself to just one cup of tea a day...

And what always comes with tea? Biscuits, of course. I went to the shop earlier on and bought a large packet of biscuits without actually knowing what kind or flavour they were. That's the definition of a biscuit crave right there ladies and gentlemen. Any biscuit is good enough for me, as long as it doesn't contain nuts. When I reached home, the first thing I did was type the Latvian biscuit name into Google Translate! Good news - no nuts. They'll do... for tonight at least.