Daily Archives: 19 November, 2019

I get energy and rest by being in a new country. It has been intense, and I know it is a contradiction, but it makes me relax. I remember history etc from school, and it is so interesting to put old knowledge into a new perspective. When reformation was introduced in the 16th century. How Latvia was occupied by various countries, but today is an independent country. Etc etc.

Books have been in my mind. Rumours say that publisher Johannes Gutenberg stayed in Riga in the15th century. He introduced printing to Europe with the printing press, and thereby played a key role in the development of eg the reformation and renaissance. Today I saw books in colour at the Hagström Medico-Historical library in Stockholm. Those books were painted in colour by hand, and still, 500 hundred years later, they are beautiful.

Last weekend I also did a visit to a pharmacy museum in Riga. Medieval pharmacies have evolved. The staff at the museum thought I was Russian.