{"id":9364,"date":"2024-11-29T10:23:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T10:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alausa.org\/our-work\/latvia-and-us\/educational-trips\/celojumi-jauniesiem\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:51:52","slug":"youth-tours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/our-work\/latvia-and-us\/educational-trips\/youth-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth tours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Youth tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Sveika-Latvija-300x182.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Sveika-Latvija-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Sveika-Latvija-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Sveika-Latvija-1024x622.png 1024w, https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Sveika-Latvija-1235x750.png 1235w, https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Sveika-Latvija.png 1355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201c<strong>Sveika, Latvija!\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;trip language will be&nbsp;Latvian. Participants must understand conversational Latvian and be able to express themselves in Latvian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be two \u201cSveika, Latvija!\u201d trips in 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June 7 \u2013 18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>August 9 \u2013 20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfO_pWi3i64vC4eD4Bi-yQT8bJIQu_5jMVh0wroDziDSzxf9Q\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\">Register<\/a>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Heritage-Latvia-300x182.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Heritage-Latvia-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Heritage-Latvia-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Heritage-Latvia-1024x622.png 1024w, https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Heritage-Latvia-1235x750.png 1235w, https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ALA-Heritage-Latvia.png 1355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201c<strong>Heritage Latvia\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;trip has less emphasis on the Latvian language. More suitable for participants that are not as comfortable understanding or speaking Latvian.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cHeritage Latvia\u201d trip for 2026 is scheduled for June 7 \u2013 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*The June \u201cSveika, Latvija!\u201d and \u201cHeritage Latvia\u201d trips will fly together to Riga, but will have their own itinerary in Latvia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfqJi5T4UmFYNXSja0XrMfSLN4UCvwMXZci74h6SFs_utYkZw\/viewform?usp=publish-editor\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\">Register<\/a>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All trips are a 10-day (not including arrival and departure days) intense bus tour of Latvia\u2019s four regions and R\u012bga. 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