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Rocking Riga!
... on sale and two friendly looking snowmen who were pretty keen on keeping the place neat and tidy.
Next morning we were up early once again to catch a bus to Estonia for the next part of our Baltic adventure. Riga was a fantastic city. It seems like it's definitely an up and coming party town due to the numerous bars and the large student population. If you're heading to Central/Eastern Europe any time soon make sure you get in quick before everyone else catches on!
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No Foto; No Smiling; No Kidding
Riga, Latvia is an unfriendly place; at least from my observation on this day. There is no eye contact between people unless they know each other. There are no smiles exchanged unless with someone known. There is no feeling of happiness or joy or pleasure and that is hard to figure out because the city itself is beautiful, the parks are gorgeous and decked with art and the Old Town is charming. The weather is perfect; no, better than perfect.
I'll bet it is me. I look ...
Delicious Dumplings - So Nice I Ate Them Twice
... Church were I intended on catching the lift to the top of the spire. When I got there however I found it to be closed so I moved on to see the most underwhelming Riga Castle. Having worked up an apetite my next stop was at a dumpling house for lunch. Dumplings were traditionally considered peasant food but if that is all I could afford to eat then I would have been a happy enough man. Even today the prices ...
Latvia
... one being that walking round with a camera in one hand and a map in the other, is basically the same as wearing a t-shirt saying ´mug me´. I must admit that blending in whilst I´m in the Mediterranean is difficult for me, but in Russia and the Baltics I was in my element. People were constantly approaching me and asking me things of which I was no help, so I would just smile and explain that I was English and spoke none of the native language. ...
Poland and Lithuania
Number of miles: 11,040
Number of U-turns: 3
Number of weird men encounters: 1 Warsaw protest, 1 nutty German in a campsite who told me he thought university education was pointless
13 days on my own... I wonder if this is the most sensible choice given my little Romanian adventure. I am beginning to question my sanity if I base decisions on where to sleep the night on the following logic: "well, it might be a gypsy camp but that man is blowing ...



