Day 20: Soup-ercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

About 5 minutes ago I sat down to write a blog post, but something felt wrong. Something was missing... I looked on my desk and around my room. My camera was nowhere to be seen! I literally ran to the communal kitchen where I had it last, hoping that the students living in my flat had good enough hearts not to snatch it. Thankfully, it was laying there on the table. I will never let it out of my sight from now on! I'm learning a lot of lessons out here in Latvia...

After a day of meetings with my boss and project supervisor, me and my Estonian friend decided to cook dinner again but a genuine Russian soup this time. My first attempt at cooking Northern European food! We walked around the shop, iPhone in hand showing us all the ingredients we needed for the dish we were going to make. You'll be happy to know that today's cooking was much less of a disaster than yesterday's pasta fiasco.

We spent nearly an hour preparing all the ingredients, slicing and dicing everything. The funniest part was debating the best way to chop the cucumber into the smallest pieces possible. We did half a cucumber each using different techniques for both halves, just to make it fair. And all the hard work and effort that went into cooking the soup made it taste even nicer!

The end result... *drumroll please*

A cold soup: Okróshka

With another successful day gone by, my long-awaited trip to Riga is finally going to happen tomorrow. I will take many, many photos with my beloved camera which will be attached to me at all times and not left on any nearby tables. Fingers crossed.