Hotel Valdemars Riga

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... Im Gegensatz zu den Kollegen in Berlin fiel den lettischen Sicherheitskräften jedoch auf, dass in meinen Rucksack nicht nur ein Rechner herumlag und verlangten deshalb die technische Funktionsprüfung aller elektronischen Geräte. Auf meine daraufhin geäusserte Bitte, die Boarding-Crew über meine aus diesem Wunsch folgende Verspätung um mindestens 30 Minuten hinzuweisen und ein Warten der Maschine zu veranlassen, wurden sie leicht nervös. Ein paar Psycho- und Taschenspielertricks später ...

... don't have to". Instead, I insisted he take it, and then he did, but somehow I thought that by definition "insisting" entailed longer persuasion. In this case it all took precisely as long as it took me to once again say "please take it". The next second the money didn't see the light of day any more, but was rather safely banged up in his wallet. At the Kaunas bus terminal there were hardly any people so early in the morning. And hardly any buses. I checked around for orientation ...

... to call home. I enjoyed my time as a whole in Moscow, but St. Petersburg took the Russian cake. Our hostel in St. Petersburg was tough to find, had a boring atmosphere and so many mosquitos that I still haven't stopped itching. Aside from the hostel, the city is a beautiful one. St. Basil's Cathedral has a brother in St. Petersburg that was also very neat. Alban even thought it was nicer, but I prefer St. Basil's ...

... yourself into big trouble. When you enter you will get your free beer and as you're sitting down enjoying yourself thinking that it's all great one of the girls will come over and sit with you. She won't lap dance but she will order a few drinks as she chats to you. Later in the night when you then go to leave the bouncer will stop you at the door saying that you owe money. You will tell him that there is some mistake as you had a voucher for free drinks and entry but he will ...

... a prima vista mi sembra che i lettoni siano molto piu' festaioli: la prima sera non ho nemmeno bisogno di muovermi dall'ottimo pub dell'ostello per essere sommerso da pinte di birra. Poi ho la sensazione che la barista, ottima pure lei, mi abbia puntato: ne ho la certezza quando comincia ad usarmi come cavia per fare alcuni esperimenti di cocktail. Tralascio ogni commento su questi beveroni, ma almeno sono serviti per approfondire la conoscenza, diciamo cosi', della barista! La ...

... after that we fastly ate something and went out in Old Town. We ended up being out pretty late and also meeting the Finnish people for the party of the next day (HC: elsis) and having some chat and drinks in old town hostel... James serving me the local alcohol (Riga Balsam) which was pretty awful; and later on, having discussion with James about Riga on the way back (drunk discussion) and finally managing to sleep. ------------------ December 9 I at least had the day to be ...

... a spiral staircase now greets you in a very disabled-unfriendly way. Downstairs is a kitchen/laundry room with a Sauna and a shower/toilet room. Upstairs are 4 floors worth of dorm rooms. Our dorm was only on floor 2 so no major hiking was required. We headed into town to see why everyone keeps banging on about Riga and wow, this is one amazing city with some stunning architecture and streets full of shops! Riga is a World heritage site, however UNESCO are apparently considering ...

... good combination if you ask me). It was cheap and had wireless internet (YAY). A walk around the city reminds me of Helsinki and Tallinn. Riga was also under soviet rule so there are huge soviet style buildings all over the place. There are heaps of parks to walk through and the river that passes Riga is well worth the walk along.

... and untouched by the British way of "Stag Flooding" unlike the cities of Prague/Dublin. So as we boarded our plane for our 3 hour flight, we indulged ourselves in the first of many cultures that would pass our lips - Latvian Beer. 2 hours into the flight, the stunningly beautiful flight crew regretted to inform us that we had "drink all beer on plane". So as the small chatter of the guys between one another grew into introducing ourselves to everyone on the small ...