{"id":10724,"date":"2016-12-20T13:02:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T13:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antondee.com\/archive\/?p=10724"},"modified":"2017-02-16T11:43:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T11:43:01","slug":"riga-latvia-old-town-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/riga-latvia-old-town-photography","title":{"rendered":"Riga, Latvia \/\/ Journal 85"},"content":{"rendered":"

Latvia may not be the first county you think of when planning a trip abroad but through serendipitous circumstances I ended up spending a week here in order to detox my mind and body<\/a>. I spent the majority of the time on the outskirts of Riga with limited access to the internet and no phone signal which was a blessing in disguise. Wandering around the luscious forests I became\u00a0more aware of our incessant connection with technology. As much as I\u00a0feel it brings us together it has taken away the little necessities of life like a good conversation or contemplation. Any time I saw something of interest a little bit of my brain would go ‘you should share this with everyone’ and my arm naturally tried to reach for my pocket\u00a0(for a deeper insight into this please read Andrew Sullivan’s amazing article ‘I Used to Be a Human Being<\/a>‘). On my last day I had a few hours to kill in the capital Riga so thought it would be a shame not to indulge in my favourite hobby\u00a0and put that itchy finger to good use.<\/p>\n