Nb (Superior) Riga

... explain
anything, all the flavors were different but they weren't all that
mindblowing. For me anyways... apparently Thorstein thought the salmon
was quite tasty.

The Norwegians and I parted ways as they were
flying back to Oslo today. I wandered. The first place that I like to
go in a new place is the market- Riga's is right next to the train
station in what look like huge hangers. It blew me away. I couldn't
believe where I was... I thought the Latvia ...

... medial verbogen viele Menschen sind und wie sehr sie sich solche propagandistisch verbreiteten Stereotype aneignen.)
Was diese ehrenwerten Mitmenschen aber nicht wissen ist, wie diese Art der Sonderbehandlung aussieht: Wie auch bei den vorherigen Spezialkontrollen wurde ich auch dieses Mal nach meinem Computer gefragt, den ich dann brav für eine Sprengstoffkontrolle vorgelegt habe. Nach den Akkumulatoren, den Festplatten, den Büchern, den Blitzlichtern, den Ladegeräten, den ...

... to other business within Riga which had English subtitles almost everywhere) as a strong indication that they didn't want our business. Shellie had discovered a 24 hour Laundrette advertised within the local tourism magazine. After picking up a few more of our colleagues, we headed of on the local electric bus. While the lady at this establishment also indicated she didn't speak English, over the several hours it ...

... shell out at home, but the selection quality was awesome! The city, thus far, has just been a pleasant experience. As we were searching for our hostel Monday afternoon, we got lost and asked a casually-dressed young man for directions. He completely dropped his conversation with another person, whipped out his phone and called someone for directions. He then drew us a perfectly accurate map pointing us in precisely ...

... commemorate the Soviet deportations to Siberia and this was the first spark in what eventually became a pro-independence movement culminating in Latvia declaring its independence 1991. The new town is Riga's art nouveau district and nightlife area and gives legitimacy to Latvian claims that Riga is the 'Paris of the Baltic's'. With the onset of cheap low cost airlines like Ryanair, Riga has seen a huge influx of European tourists who flock to the city on weekend breaks. The ...

... sera e' stata molto piu' dura, dato che mi sono ritrovato incastrato tra due ragazze finlandesi, un americano ed un lettone che certo non si tiravano indietro sul bere. Ad un certo punto e' saltata fuori come per magia una bottiglia della specialita' alcoolica lettone, ovvero il famigerato Balsamo Nero di Riga: un liquore denso e nero che lascia una striscia scura sul bicchiere quando lo bevi. Non riesco a non pensare che nel mio stomaco lascera' la stessa striscia. Mi e' stato ...

... cities a lot and found all of them very modern with lots of history of course. December month was also very nice to us with pleasant weather and temperatures. That certainly helped making it a more enjoyable trip. Leaving Riga on a Sunday afternoon flight to Madrid (via Copenhagen), it also takes this year of travel to an end (almost at least, as I still plan to spend Christmas and New Year in my hometown Elverum in Norway as ...

... lady dancing on top of the bar, a-la Coyote Ugly. Riga has a major underground Mafia presence and although by day there isn't much to point to, at night, this is their city. Best advice, stay out of their world and they will let you stay on this world! or some similar statement advising tourists to just ignore their existence. On my way back to the hostel two Russian girls approached me and after some polite chit chat banter they began asking if I had somewhere that they could stay with ...

The bus to Riga, the capital of Latvia was just an overnight bus from Estonia. This meant that I needed to get a ferry back from Helsinki to Tallinn the get straight on the bus. It was planned with almost military precision. The ferry docked at 10pm, I was off the boat by 10.20pm and I walked (slowly) to the bus terminal across the ...

The idea of a bucks or stag weekend, especially in the United Kingdom bring horror thoughts to ones mind especially seeing the British documentaries showing the effects of binge drinking and Stag and Hen's weekends. So when I heard a mate from work was organizing a stag weekend a shudder ran through my body. But then when I heard it was going to be in Riga, Latvia - I ran home packed my Oversized Mexican Hat and started to practice singing loud and obnoxious songs at ...