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... about for a while - a trip to the Baltic Sea, whose coast we had been following but had not yet seen.
The logical choice of where to visit, and the place where most tourists venture, was Jurmala beach, just twenty minutes from the city centre by train. Not wishing to spend the day surrounded by rich Russian oligarchs and their yachts (and presumably droves of sock and sandal wearing English stag parties) we characteristically researched for ...
Partying in Riga
... thought Napoleon was in town to try and kill him. Unfortunately for them he was actually in Vilnius at the time!
When I get back the owner of the hostel Gerrerd persuades me to sign up to this shooting activity. This guy is the most chilled out bloke I have ever met. He told me the way he came about the hostel was that he was on holiday in Riga when he went out one night on a bar crawl with the owner of the hostel at the time. He said it was ...
Last night in Riga...
... doorways belongs to number 8!! I call it the dragon door. Apparently it's considered a particularly iconic example of this style of decoration... how about that!!
Time to pack and prepare for tomorrow nights mega bus ride. 5hrs to Kaunas (in Lithunaia) and then over night to Warsaw. Before that I'll be visiting one more address, collecting my photocopying from the archives and revisiting Rumbula Forest - this time with my video ...
Third city in all first visit to Latvia
... huge Soviet War Memorial having walked by the Railway Museum. The hotel is not in the centre but in an area called Pardaugava. We arrived there at 2pm but weren't supposed to check in until 3 so they tried to charge us an extra few Lats for checking in early but we refused and in the end they gave in and we went into the room. It was clean and it had all we needed. Once we started to settle a huge series of thunderstorms ...
Blokes, balsom, beer and bullets
... s his name) – made me promise that this time, I wouldn’t mention food on this blog.
So he was quick – and right, to be fair – to point out that the previous entry Ready, Freddie, Cook, was, well, about food.
So Steve, I would point out that I’ve already given you guns, tight pants, magical map-reading and a narrowly-averted national incident involving litter so I feel little guilt in telling you that the trout I ate here ...
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