Work Days

For most of this week my host parents go to work around 8:00 am and come back around 8:00 p.m. It got me to thinking man they work long hours in Latvia. So I asked my host mom why she worked such long hours. And she said that during communist times that long of a work day was standard....but now she usually goes to the gym after work! I thought that was pretty funny and is a great example of just how far Latvia has come since the fall of communism in 1991.