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Latvian Renaissance Faire
... separate galleys for all of the other restaurants. We also learned that if the ship has more than 80% Americans, they double the number of burgers and fries. But if there are lots of French Canadians they double the amount of foie gras. I just think that to be rather interesting.
Once again we set sail overnight. This time we are en route to Helsinki where we are taking another bike tour. Should be a ...
Breakin' the law....
... likes beer. All is well....... Today - up by 8:30 and out the door. Bike tour day! Bro-in-law hadn't been on a bike since he was 8. Shocked that he did the tour and did really well on the bike - 15 mile ride! I'm not sure I would have taken the tour if I were him. :) We rode from the city to the Baltic Sea. Of course - took our shoes off and put feet in the sea. Water was cold - seaweed was worse! But - necessary pic. We had lunch in the local (Jurmela) town that ...
Riga's Black Magic
... tour!! We engaged in an amazing conversation, then I showed her my newly purchased stamp collection. There was another short discussion and then, she turned over her purse, dumped out some things on the table reached across and gave me a coin purse from the 1960’s, made in a local factory (now closed, but once very active) and insisted I take it with me!! She was wonderfully kind and I love her. Next-door is an amazingly quirky hairdresser’s with only one chair ...
Are we too young for this?
... just seemed a little too pretty. Riga's old town is picture perfect and photogenic, its buildings a synthesis of German, Dutch, and Swedish styles - reflecting the various influences of former occupiers and entrepreneurs. It's churches with their domes and spires are pretty; its baskets of flowers in the windows are pretty, its cobblestone streets are pretty; its street lamps and benches are pretty - hell, everyone who lives here is pretty. And doesn't ...
Discovering Riga
... took just over two hours as we cruised through the thick pine forests en route to Riga. Once in Riga I headed directly for the information centre to get a map before using it to make my way to the hostel where I would spend the next three nights. So I can get on top of planning the South American leg of our trip I purposefully chose a hostel that offered single rooms and had wifi. I was very pleased for what I got for the money I paid. The staff ...