Today, I am sitting in the hotel bar at Hotel Maritim in Riga, Latvia. I have been here a couple of days, it is Friday, and I am preparing to conduct my Active Listening training later this afternoon. I am looking back at the past few days of this trip, considering what I have experienced and learned.
I arrived in Riga Monday this week. I had a room at the Hotel Monte Kristo, located just outside the Old Town of Riga. The hotel resembles one of these small, comfortable family hotels you find in small cities throughout the south of Europe. Cosy atmosphere, narrow hallways, stairs with only a few steps, small rooms and no straight line or corridor at all. Just the kind of hotel I love.
I have visited Riga quite some times before, and this time I decided to have quality time in one of my favorite cities in the world. Arriving early, I had two full days to just roam around, to enjoy the cosy bakeries, nice restaurants, the Jugend style buildings of Old Riga, and the sky line view of some of the hotel bars. Both Hotel Albert, and the Regal Hotel Riga have nice views from their skyline bars.
Most importantly, I wanted to spend time with some of my local friends. These two days where filled with amazing meetings of people, places, drinks and food. And as usual when meeting people, new opportunities, ideas and results where created and explored. New friendships emerges, trust is being built and respect created. And there are so many learning experiences taking place, every day, every where, through every action that is made.
So far, I have facilitated one workshop on mentoring, and I have conducted a one day training in public speaking skills. Today I will give a training about Active Listening, then go to a Name Day party to celebrate my friend Zane. Tomorrow I will do my Coach2Lead training, before I will attend a galla dinner in the evening. The days are busy, and they fill me with energy. Energy I bring with me back home, and use to develop more trainings, more relationships, and to become better at what I do.
I am really enjoying being here in Riga. Sitting back like this, feeling the emotions, the gratitude, reminds me of the wellbeing living really is.
It feels great to conduct trainings in Riga!
The image is from a previous visit I made to Riga, during summer time. It is taken on the quai in front of the SAS Radisson, with the old city in the background.
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