Park Hotel Ridzene Riga

... Drive all around Dublin and the countryside to get the full flavor of this beautiful city and country. Car hire Dublin is highly recommended more than any mode of transport in Ireland. The service providers offer a complete wealth of knowledge to the customers as they know nook and corner of the city. In short they open up the city more widely and clearly from the shopping haven of Grafton Street and the Guinness ...

Intermittent strong thunder storms and chilly so I stay in town. With similar weather along the Estonian coast, I change plans and opt to take the evening bus to Tartu, Estonia instead. More stuff to do. My Baltic beach trip is not turning into a sunny one.<br><br>Riga's old town is not too large. Its streets though are a jumble. It is very hard to tell where I am and where I am going. It is ...

... we were just out of season, not sure. We hit a few bars (Latvians are one of the world's biggest drinkers so we knew there'd be no shortage) and ended up at a very locals bar where they had a well known Latvian folk band in. We got chatting to a couple of local girls who got Brad busting out his best Latvian folk moves - a man of many (??) talents. Such great fun. We ended up in a sorry state at 4am but had a great night - check out the photos of Karen's ...

... We were pretty knackered in Riga so slept in the park like tramps, drank coffee, ate some seriously bad food in a weird cafe then headed to the bus station ready for our journey to St. Petersburg. Not much to report about Riga apart from they have good cherries in the huge market and look out for cats on roof tops.

... in Riga than I had planned but as he was following a similar route down through the rest of Europe I felt pretty sure that our paths would cross again. The Thursday was going to be the only full day in Riga I was going to spend so I got going real early to make sure I did the place justice. The sun wasn't shining but it was still a warm, humid sort of a day. Situated on the Baltic Sea coast at the mouth of the Daugava River, Riga is the largest city in the Baltic States and serves ...

... enemman analyysia siita, miten menneisyys vaikuttaa latvialaisten elamaan nykyaan. Miten miehityksen ajasta kerrotaan lapsille koulussa? Minkalainen on venajan kielen asema ja tulevaisuus latviassa? Enemman pohdittavaa, osallistumista ja tietoa nykyajasta. Tultuani ulos museosta olin kuitenkin pillahtaa itkuun jokaisen katumummon kohdalla kun mietin, miten isoja muutoksia he ovat kayneet lapi elamassaan... Etta ei se museo ihan turha ollut sitten minunkaan kohdallani kuitenkaan.

... nearly a million residents. It's Old City is very genuine and historic. I spent a few hours just walking around. At two-thirty PM the sun began to drop to the horizon and it's getting dark quickly as I head further and further north. The little coffee shops around town are just wonderful. They really have style. Many people talk very loudly on their cell phones as they walk through town. Those ...

After exploring Mafia city a bit more we came to the conclusion that all the expensive cars that are going about in Riga are likely to be Mafia funded, it is not uncommon to see top of the range brand new Porsche, Ferrari, BMW, Audi, Bentley whatever... on the same street. We popped into the Baltic States answer to Starbucks called 'Double Coffee'. The main difference here is that the place is open 24 hours a day, serves not only coffee based drinks but ...

... weather and found an even livelier town than before (assuming because of the warm weather). There were boat races going on in the Daugava river and there was Family day parades and concerts. We did pretty much the same sightseeing as before, but this time we also got to go on top of a church to check out the view of the city! We also went to La Rocca (the russian club) again ...

... whole room filled up with Russians, who then all left again at 4 am. I checked my clock. This also happened the next night, so we suspected that the bus station people sent them there to sleep between bus connections, or something similar. The next day we went up the tower of St. Peter's church- by elevator, which really seemed to be cheating, although there were no other options, and the elevator didn't start on the ground floor so it still wasn't wheelchair accessible. From the ...