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Baltic Beach Philosophy
... s death in 1953, they were not able to reclaim their former property or live within 100km of a city. Little was done to rectify this injustice until the 1980s, after many survivors had passed away.
Finally, we were off to find a restaurant for our last supper in Riga. We chose Filings (www.filings.lv). Our kind waiter, Anatoly, was featured on the menus, signs, and paper silverware envelopes. Barb and Jeannette got his autographs. ...
Latvia
... to gently swaying branches. It was the start of the weekend and everywhere seemed to be fully booked. After a few attempts I found somewhere with vacancies and ended up spending an enjoyable night with an Irishman, a German photographer and a Belarussian couple.
Blending in
Whenever I travel and wherever I go I try and blend in as much as possible and not stick out as a tourist. There are several reasons for this, with ...
Really Unremarkable Riga...
... restaurant in the square). By now the wind was quite strong and several times I really thought I was going to be blown over, so we made our way to a little Mexican restaurant (yes Mexican in Latvia!) and had a yummy and not so expensive meal which made a good change from the pasta and sauce we have most nights!
After our meal, we paid and left the restaurant. We were standing just outside the restaurant (under the roof veranda thing) looking at ...
Marc's magical mystery tour
... nice calendar of Eastern Suburbs beaches and some Koala shaped macadamia chocolates. Hopefully he'll get better quickly. As he said to me with great pride - the Dimants are strong!!
We said goodbye and Marc took us on another small detour to a small town called Sigulda. In the 1950s - as a young boy - Marc had lived here in a children's home. He showed us the beautiful old building - now part of a ...
Entering The East
... campsite as the road condition can slow you down a lot.
Latvia
Getting into Latvia has been refreshing. Estonia is much like Scandinavia but as I have headed south it has got more like I imagined countries which used to be part of Russia would be. I have been on lots of gravel back roads through farms and small villages. I had seen a number of really old Lada's normally driven by very old couples which look so stereotypically Russian. Many houses have an old soviet tractor ...
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