My good friend blogger paolsoren asked me the following question on my last post about the roosters in Riga:

An excellent report Maria. But where was the rooster? I look forward to your next post about Riga’s darker history.
By the way, when I was in the Australian Army our Army house was in Riga Court.

Thank you, paolsoren, for inspiring me to continue blogging!

I managed to get one picture of an original old weather rooster from St. Peter’s church while visiting the church and going up in the high spire. I could not catch any other rooster high above in a church spire.

There have been roosters on the top of Riga’s Lutheran churches for hundreds of years, and they have become a significant symbol of Latvian identity and heritage, especially in the twentieth century, for resilience and national unity while struggling for independence. When the rooster calls in the morning, there is hope for a new beginning.

Now I would like to ask you paolsoren how I should understand the following: By the way, when I was in the Australian Army our Army house was in Riga Court

I am working on a post on the dark side of Riga’s history.