TravelPod Member ReviewsHotel De Rome Riga
“Great stay!!!!!”
bigtimeventures 2 contributions
Birmingham, United States
Nov 18, 2007
Enjoyed my stay! Hotel was clean and the service was impeccable! I would recommend!
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Picking up the Boys
I have the privilege of traveling to Riga with my brother and his wife. We went to pick up the boys they adopted from an orphanage in a small town in Latvia. It was an incredible trip! The best part was bringing the boys home!
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... to bude rychlejší, než stopovat složitě na dálničním okruhu kolem Rigy, opak se ale stal pravdou :)
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