St. Peter's Church Riga

As we leave our hostel in the morning for the next leg of the journey, it begins to snow. By the time we reach the bus station, Vilinus has turned white. The snow gets thicker and heavier throughout the 4-5hr bus journey to Riga. We realize this is a taste of things to come over the coming months as we make our way further north and towards Siberia …

... and the omnipresent amber jewellery. Several of them were working at their craft as they sat there. I also went into St Peter's church across the street from the Applied Arts Museum. The main attraction here is the viewing platform in the spire, 72 ...

... in this building.  I had this tale from my guides in Minsk and Vilnius when they pointed out their former KGB buildings. St. Peter's church has a wonderful spire and steeple on the top of it.  When the church was finished, it was the custom ...

... nbsp;           Tomorrow we plan to tour the Latvia Occupation Museum (Nazis through the Soviets), St. Peter's Church, St. Jacob's Church, and the Freedom Monument.  Our flight leaves Wednesday morning ...

... known). This took up the better part of the morning, if not day, and after lunch and some strong coffee, we headed up to St. Peter's church with its viewing tower 72m above the town. Luckily for Christie, this one had a lift, and we took it to the ...

Tuesday, July 3, 2007 Our last day in Riga was a pretty simple day.  We went to the Latvian Occupation Museum and to St. Peter's Church.  The Church was okay--we did not do a tour of it b/c it was not anything exciting to look at from the ...

... , the Cathedral Square, is especially beautiful. This cathedral is the largest in the Baltic Region. However, the most visible church is St. Peter's Church. With the tallest spire in the city, you can see that wherever you go in Vecriga (so you won't get ...

... there only for so long. So after a while I had to move on. Already from the square one could see the steeple of St.Peter's church, i.e. Sv Pētera baznīca, in the neighbouring Skārņu iela street. Hence it was a logical choice as to ...

... Cathedral, Jacob's Barricks, the Great Guild, the Small Guild, the Cat's House, the Freedom Monument, St George's Church, St John's Church, St Peter's Church, the House of Black Heads, the Orthodox Cathedral and visited the War Museum where I learnt ...

... We then went to the Ratslaukums Square where we found the House of the Blackheads, City Hall and Occupational Museum. We then went to St. Peter's church to ride to the top for a tourist view of the city. It was POURING rain when we were up there so our ...

... old town. After a hearty Latvian lunch (the boys wouldn't stop raving about the steak) we headed up the spire of St. Peter's church. A lift takes you to the top, so minimal effort is required after such a filling meal, just a $4 ticket. However, ...