I can speak French, English and Spanish. I understan Catalan, I can catch some words in Portuguese and in Italian. I read Greek, I can more or less count in Chinese, Hindi and Hebrew and of course, I can say "cheers" in 12 languages. But non of these words help me in Latvia. Frustrated because I couldn't even say Hello or thank you in the shops, or using my English in every situation, I decided to learn some basic Latvian.