Dolce Vita Riga
Stabu 59 - 2 Riga, LV-1011, Latvia
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Stuck in the middle with you
... big city, and has a different vibe. Unfortunately our streak ended and we had to start paying for parking on the street, not something i should really whinge about considering 90% of the time it's been free. Checked in and headed out for a walk around the city with a fellow Australian we met in the hostel who is off to study for a semester in Florence. Had our first Lido experience, which is a themed buffet style restaurant, that serves all sorts of traditional and western ...
Riga - The Party (for them!)
... was safely in bed. The plan was to rest for a few hours and then catch up with the sightseeing. Unfortunately the people of Riga had enough booze to last them another day at least and absolutely NOTHING was open. Riga was going to be dead for the rest of the coming week end.
Oh, what a tragedy! Some people in the group went to the Cinema (which was open and no dubbing!). Some walked ...
Part 1: Riga
... so) bright and early, and made our way to a cafe for breakfast before embarking on the walking tour. The walking tour was really cool, we went outside the Old Town and saw lots of Riga including the central market, the black market, Riga's Soviet Palace of Culture & Science (which was so little compared to the one in Warszawa!), and the former KGB headquarters. Our also guide explained the difference between Riga's art nouveau architecture and ...
Riga-mortis ...
... children in the area.
Elise's arty apartment is on the 6th floor (no elevators...that is a lot of steps to climb if you forget your handbag...about 125 if I remember rightly) and is located in what was part of the "Inner Ghetto" - the ghetto within the ghetto - and comes with a whole baggage load of it's own sickening history.
Elise, leader of YWAM Riga, was joining with one of the local Churches in running a series of Day Camps just a skip around the corner from ...
Visiting my great grandmother's birthplace...
... on her marriage certificate. I have also found a revision list (like a census used by the government for population control and tax purposes) with her mother's family on it. Ettie's mother's maiden name was Mandelstamm and this family was quite populous in Zagare.
There had been a continuous Jewish presence in Zagare (Zhagar) since at least the 16th Century and the town was a lively centre ...


