Islande Riga

20 Kipsalas St Riga, LV-1048, Latvia

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The meat of the Baltic sandwich

A travel blog entry by aborder

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... get on at the front? Did she forget? We're hauled off the tram and I have to pay a fine. I try to explain I'm visiting, don't know the tram rules, but the Nazi inspector did not care. I lose my rag and the passive man turns to the aggressive man! I refuse to pay, and sarcastically thank them for welcoming me to their country. Some fat girl nearby in a shell suit understands English and trumps up, 'if I were in ...

Riga - party town of the Baltics

A travel blog entry by waynedale

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... that dreadful little hotel in St Petersburg, I'd been quite lucky with accommodation and the hotel in Riga (Tallink Hotel) was fantastic. Modern, stylish and within walking distance of everything. Too bad I was only staying for one night and I had to leave the next morning. While on my way back to the bus station to buy a bus ticket for Vilnius, I stopped at a supermarket to buy a few things. However, when I got to the check out I noticed the guy in front of me was paying with ...

Baltic bliss-- well, aside from the wind.

A travel blog entry by valaryr

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... Nouveau district. This district had a few streets that had breathtaking architecture. Most of the buildings are actually foreign embassies. Much prettier than any other embassies I've seen.
A few interesting things that I've noticed about Latvia: the Old Town has a ton of temporary plastic structures that function as bars during the day, then disappear at night when the real bars open for business. I guess this is so that tourists like ...

Soup-bone sonata

A travel blog entry by thesunroseclear

... 0.39 for a loaf of bread, look ridiculously cheap until you remember to double them -- and then they still look very cheap.

"Why is Lithuania more prosperous than Poland?" Frances had asked in Vilnius. I didn't know, but Riga looks more prosperous again, or at least more cosmopolitan. Also notable from Vienna onward: each city we arrived at had more cobblestones than the one before, and also more women wearing heels. I ...

Entering The East

A travel blog entry by marmite_boy

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... was also the main bar at the end of the boat which was spread over two floors, it was basically like a theatre with a balcony although more glitzy (think cruise ship). They had a band playing all sorts of covers throughout the night but later on in the evening an announcement came over the tannoy that the Brazilian show would be starting. I decided I would have a look even though it would not be my cup of tea. I was however mildly surprised, it was pretty spectacular. The cast was ...

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