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Ratatouille or “Gardēdis” is testament to why Walt Disney Pictures needs to keep producing great animation films together with Pixar - to experience it all in Latvian puts the icing on the cake. Can’t wait for the DVD release of “Gardēdis” which begs the question - why haven’t any new Latvian dubbed DVDs been released since December, 2006. We are still eagerly waiting for the latest Lotte, Trauksme Mežā (Open Season), Aizskalotājs (Flushed Away) and Šarlotes tīkls (Charlotte’s Web) - the first two films screened nearly 12 months ago.

Gardēdis is dubbed in Latvian by Artūrs Skrastiņš, Pēteris Šogolovs, Ivars Auziņš, Artis Robežnieks, Uldis Dumpis, Karīna Tatarinova, Juris Strenga and well known Latvian chef Mārtiņš Rītiņš.

The last couple of months has seen not only more detail added to Rīga (especially the smaller streets), but the addition of many regional cities in Latvia which previously were represented only as a dot on the map. On closer scrutiny Google Maps has still some work to do to correct details and driving directions.

 

The map of Kuldiga now shows more detail, but the Venta ir shown as a lake rather than a river (click on map above).

In travelling from Rīga to Daugavpils most local drivers would take the main “Daugavpils šoseja” on the other side of the Daugava rather than the route suggested by Google Maps (click on map above).