Latvia Travel Blogs

On to another Medieval town
May 15, 2009 (7 photos)

... like Germans, Swedes,Poles and last but not least Russians. for the better part of the 19th to 20th century , Latvia went through the similar tragic story like its neighbors. They eventually declared independence in 1991 after the dessolve of Soviet Union ...

Our jaunt around the Baltic States.
Dec 10, 2006 (7 photos)

We finished our five days jaunt around the Baltic States with two weekend nights in the Latvian capital of Riga. Out of the three capitals we visited on this trip, Riga is the only one that really has some size to it and hence also some of the hustle ...

Wow REAL Medieval Castles
May 17, 2009 (20 photos)

     Today I am taking my excursion out of Riga, a change of pace from city life to country life.      A quick hour on the train, I am already in the city of Sigulda. This were the ancient Livonian knight's ...

Regal Riga
Jul 11, 2007

Yesterday was really blurry after a sleepless night at the Oslo airport. I'm amazed to be here at all as my flight was for the other Oslo airport, almost 200k from Oslo, Sandefjord. But luckily Norwegians are famously hospitable and the airline ticket ...

Guns and Bungy - The way FORWARD
Sep 15, 2006 (13 photos)

... than a buzz but only a lead up to what was to come. If someone had said that I would be bungy jumping from a cable car in Latvia for under $50 Australian I would have laughed at them but thats exactly what I did. It was AWESOME. One of the most insane, ...

Rolling to Riga
Jun 2, 2004 (5 photos)

... some sources that there are a few problems, such as ethnic Russians cannot get a Latvian passport, despite being born in Latvia, unless they renounce being Russian. This means that many people cannot travel, as they can get neither a Russian passport nor ...

Crossing the Baltic Again
Jul 28, 2007 (12 photos)

This journey, takes me by boat from my new favorite city of Stockholm, Sweden back across the Baltic Sea to Riga Latvia. I made a complete circle around the Baltic with the help of a young lady in Tallinn, Estonia. She hooked me up with great tix on 3 ...

More Latvian History
May 16, 2009 (9 photos)

... in 1939.  Latvia and rest of the Baltic states declared independence after WW I. After the Russian imperial army left, Latvia wqas quickly developing into a democratic country. However, in 1939, the Soviets and Nazis signed a secret pact allowing the ...

Back to Riga
May 21, 2009

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Return to Riga
Jun 2, 2006

Back from Day Trip!

Riga - Home to Eurovision 2003
Jun 1, 2006 (10 photos)

... of that and go to the pub! ;) There's also a very impressive 'Occupation' Museum that details all atrocities committed against Latvia over the years. I think Eastern Europes whipping boy could be a good nickname for Latvia, in fact for all the Baltic ...

The lat. What's that all about?
Mar 3, 2006 (15 photos)

... a mix of medieval buildings and contemporary office towers and factories. As you might expect there are many similarities between Latvia and its neighbour Estonia, as seen from ground level in the respective capitals of Tallinn and Riga; both cities have ...

Latvian Laughter!!
Jan 14, 2005

... and with the informalities completed the previous week, it was time to visit a land of culture and architectural wonders. Latvia, a small Eastern European country which nears the border of Russia it is still an unvisted country and untouched by the ...

Mid Baltic
Aug 22, 1999 (7 photos)

... to have an early night sleep last night but ended up watching MTV all night. Anyway up at 6am to catch the bus into Latvia today. Before I knew it I was in Riga the capital. It has a completely different feel than Estonia and has a very Russian feel about ...

A Night in Jail and Jumping out of Planes
Sep 19, 2006 (19 photos)

... as the bungy, which was one of the stand out moments of the trip. Yesterday we had difficulty arranging our skydiving in Latvia, from the old Riga airport. It forced me to make an effort running around the hostel ensuring we had a big enough group ready ...

The Latvian Swiss Alps
Jun 2, 2006 (5 photos)

The Latvian Swiss Alps ?? Well that's what it said in the Lonely Planet. Our point of view.. Not quite Mr Lonely Planet. It was nice but I guess we were expecting some nice snowy mountain scenery, with picturesque villages and some cute cows with ...

Art Deco
Jan 27, 2008 (111 photos)

We love collecting sets. Lucy and myself have all the five Latin Euro countries, three short of the Med countries and have been to all the Western Euro ones, but back in October last year, we started a new set. Countries of the former Union of Soviet ...

Cruising South
Aug 22, 2005 (3 photos)

Riga goes to sleep in the early hours of the morning at wakes up at about 2pm; but you don't have to travel far out of the city to remind yourself that life beyond the superb bars and cafes in the cobbled streets is not all a big party (for some). ...

Riga - party time
Sep 24, 2007

On friday the 21st, we finally rolled into Riga at the end of our little road trip. Sad to say goodbye to the little red beast (Opal Astra hatch...) that we called home for the past 4 nights. found a car park on the edge of Old Town, filled the meter and ...

Hospitality city
Nov 6, 2006 (6 photos)

... than shock and awe! It was the chain of people that went from Vilnius (capital of Lithiania), through Riga (capital of Latvia) to Tallinn (capital of Estonia). A human chain of over five million people from all three countries linked arms over the 600km ...

Slippery slopes
Nov 6, 2006

... - all the time I was laughing at the look on his face... So we left Ben on the side of the road in the middle of snowy Latvia and we continued on our way to Sigulda. By the time we got there it was dark, as tends to happen in this part of the world at ...

The bright side of Latvia
Sep 19, 2006 (5 photos)

... of the first members I contacted in HC (as we were both new and he was planning his trip to Brazil as I was planning mine to Latvia), and a few other really nice people. We stayed in Rita's house until she went to sleep and we ran out of booze, then moved ...

Moving On....
May 11, 2009

We are still covering plenty of ground, drove through Poland to the Lithuanian border this morning, through the country to Latvia and up to Rezekne on the Russian border.  First thing in the morning it is through the border (hopefully!) and ...

Riga
Jul 24, 2007

Beat a hasty retreat to Riga from horrible Parnu again on Eurolines, journey took 3 hours and and we saw lots of storks on the way, these are the baltics most representative birds. The cutest sniffer dogs got on the bus at the border with people even ...

Latvian life and leisure
Aug 19, 2008 (10 photos)

We have had a lovely couple of days in Latvia. We travelled yesterday from Vilnius, encountering rainy conditions along the way. The most rain was when we stopped at the Hill of Crosses. This is a site of pilgrimage  where hundreds come to place a ...

riga
Aug 29, 2008

Bin von tartu nach riga getrampt, klappte super...da standen viele Tramper an der bushaltestelle, ich hab schon den Mut verloren, aber viele nehmen mit...vor allem auch ganz normal menschen, also eherpaar um 50, frauen alleine etc... Das problem ist das ...

Riga
Jun 14, 2006 (3 photos)

... that I often travelled with Ryanair (they depart from and land in Riga) I have often been in the capital city of Latvia. I really like the city. There´s a huge old town, nice Art Nouveau houses, the market halls and an amazing restaurant called Rosengrals ...

Lettonie (Riga)
Aug 16, 2005 (5 photos)

La route a la sortie de Kaunas a ete tranquile, on a rejoint Riga en passant par Siuliai (pas terrible...), dans une alternance de champ de ble et de forets de pins. Mais il y a eu des interstices de VRR VRR Grrr, frrr, car les departementales se ...

Riga
Mar 25, 2009 (2 photos)

Ümber istumine Vienna lennukile. Enne lennukile minekut kiire kohvi ja vaate nautimine:)

Riga Old Town
Jul 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... ;                 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 ...