Toward the end of the semester I invited my class to dinner at my apartment. Not everyone could attend but those who did contributed to a delightful evening. We ended up with two scrumptious chocolate cakes (different), so we brought leftovers to class the next day and polished them off!

Can you tell who is Russian and who is Latvian? Fortunately some of the raw wounds from the past are healing, with intermarriage and opportunities for engagement through education.