Here is a short video we shot on our train ride from Majori to Riga on Tuesday. We have supplementary videos and photos we would like to post, but due to Alex's bedtime, she is kicking us off the internet now. Enjoy the video, and we will try our best to get some pictures up soon!

-"the gang"

P.S.-Alex has redeemed herself! She is giving us just enough time to upload some of the most relevant photos of our day. You rock, Alex! Anyways, here they are...enjoy!

Below: The most important photo belongs to the category of "European swimwear." This pup is modeling the latest Latvian fashions, strutting his/her stuff along the boardwalk of the Baltic Sea. You go, girl...or boy!


This picture of the railroad tracks we traversed to and from Majori demonstrates the tact and wit of the Soviet Union. Not wanting foreign armies to invade by rail, the government created tracks and trains that utilized wider rails and wheels. It is not the most time efficient export tool today, but it is a pickle that seems unlikely to change anytime soon.


For brave young men (and a brave young Whitney...not pictured) rough the freezing ice-filled waters of the Baltic Sea for fifteen (or five, most likely) minutes of glory. In all honesty,the temperature was around 60 degrees, but it helps to exagerate tales such as this.

Finally, the nimbled hands and feet of the fabulous few (alliteration intended) work their magic on the swing set Jeffrey broke five minutes earlier. Cameron, Whitney, Brandon, and Jeffers were accompanied by Alex, Karen, and Dr. Shook, just outside the range of this photo. Woo hoo!