Riga, Latvia Travel Blogs

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

... I got a chance to wonder and " get lost" in the winding streets of beautiful old town Riga.  °The history of Latvia also dates back to the the 12 th century. They were also conquered multiple times by their powerful neighbors like ...

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

... nice to us with pleasant weather and temperatures. That certainly helped making it a more enjoyable trip. Leaving Riga on a Sunday afternoon flight to Madrid (via Copenhagen), it also takes this year of travel to an end (almost at ...

Regal Riga
Jul 11, 2007

... Norwegians are famously hospitable and the airline ticket lady changed the first half of my trip for me. So now I'm in royal, regal Riga. What a fantastically beautiful city. Dubbed the "Paris of the East" it is easy to see why. Art is everywhere. Riga has ...

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)

... 't deny the deportations. There appears to be a few issues that the EU will have to work at sorting out in Latvia. Tomorrow (Wednesday) I leave Riga for the last stage of the EU Charity Cycle. Only one capital left. I am taking the scenic route via the ...

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)

Life is short and the world is wide - Simon Raven · Riga, Latvia. · Prague time +1hr · Days to get to Prague - 5 Latvia and Latvians Riga, the capital of Latvia and the largest city in the Baltic's, is a major shipping center sitting at the south ...

Latvian Laughter!!
Jan 14, 2005

... work was organizing a stag weekend a shudder ran through my body. But then when I heard it was going to be in Riga, Latvia - I ran home packed my Oversized Mexican Hat and started to practice singing loud and obnoxious songs at the top of my voice. ...

Mid Baltic
Aug 22, 1999 (7 photos)

... 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 it, a real ...

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

... 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 to ...

Art Deco
Jan 27, 2008 (111 photos)

... on toast that Lucy had, which we couldn't see the cheese !!! But the winner was the venison goulash.   And finally   Riga was fun, the city was nice but having experienced Ukraine, I think that they are lucky that the cheap flights haven't ...

Cruising South
Aug 22, 2005 (3 photos)

... I still have along way to go through Europe. The weather has been treating me particularly well, beautiful bright hot sunshine and Riga is perfect for lounging around! There are so many cafe's and eateries here, it seems that half the world must just ...

Riga - party time
Sep 24, 2007

... of speed for us. The pressure is off to run around seeing all the touristy sights that have been on offer through Russia. Riga, whilst beautiful with plenty of its own historical touristy things to see and do, seems to be a place where people just ...

Hospitality city
Nov 6, 2006 (6 photos)

... - even more 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 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 ...

Riga
Jul 24, 2007

... ) and people watching til the small hours. So I am sure you're dying to know what happened when we checked out of our 5 star? We got charged the 3/4* rate I told them on check in, alriiigghhht. So liking Riga (apart from the crook taxi drivers).

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

... im Konsum anzutreffen. Also vergessen mers mal und fahren vorraussichtlich weiter ueber polen...bis dann ach ja, was noch auffaellt...in riga hatten ne menge leute zuviel geld. Da reicht net ein porsche, sondern es muss zumindest ein chayenne S sein, ...

Riga
Jun 14, 2006 (3 photos)

Due tu the reason 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 ...

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

... pendant une heure sur le renseignement qu on demande, et la reponsse est toujours plus que bancale ! Quelques mots sur Riga qui nous a beaucoup plu, effectivement sous la pluie... Les eglise sont superbes, tres aeriennes, et les rues toutes pavees. ...

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)

Monday--July 2, 2007 |Riga, Latvia is one of the nicest small cities that we have ever been.  Luckily, today was a beautiful day--no rain storms and none expected tonight either.  The city is clean and the Old Town has some beautiful ...

Lost Days
Sep 16, 2006

... -Have lunch -Drink EVE -Have dinner -Drink -Sleep Thats it. Out of all the cities we have visited so far I have enjoyed Riga the most. It turns into a bit of a beast on weekends, with stag/hen parties/Brits abroad etc... so if anyone plans on ...

Capital fun
May 27, 2008 (11 photos)

... defeated the Soviets came back and had control of the country until independence in 1991! Needless to say around a third of Latvia's population were either Killed or deported, and their normal everyday life was changed forever. There isn't much left to ...

xmas in riga
Dec 23, 2005

Xmas in Riga, Latvia

Lauris :D
Sep 8, 2008 (10 photos)

Finalmente dopo piu' di un anno ho rivisto Lauris, un couchsurfer che avevo ospitato l'estate scorsa...