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Art Nouveau in Riga!
... whom this sort of thing would have appealed, I should have just gone on my own!
In the evening, we had a drink at the Skyline Bar, which sits on the 26th Floor of the Hotel Reval Latvija. Superb views of the city and it's where the beautiful people hang out. Then, an evening meal at another Lido restaurant and an early night. The next morning, we'd be catching a coach (not luxury this time) to Vilnius, the capital of ...
Partying in Riga
The Latvian motorways are strange. There's a single lane but this doesn't mean that you shouldn't overtake anyone. In fact you should overtake more often, and do it as slow as you like. Vehicles moving in the opposite direction will move over a couple of metres though to give you a bit of breathing space. I should look on the bright side though - this time the driver wasn't drunk.
Riga itself is another beaut of a city. The first thing I do once ...
We finally hit the archives!
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We also found Jeizel and Beila's marriage records. I've noted all the record numbers so when I have a strong internet connection, and some spare time, I'll be able to find the pages of the record books and copy them off the internet site.
We finished at the archives in the afternoon and headed back to town. It turns out that the woman who told me the Jewish Museum was closed was wrong. Aleks phoned the director to find out if I ...
Riga-mortis ...
... the Russians, are terrifying. It is chilling to see warrants of execution issued where the crime 'committed' is listed as no more than "being Latvian". Each exhibit served in giving light and perspective on a very sorry period of history that is accessible even to those with little or no knowledge of Soviet or Baltic politics. For me, the most sobering exhibit was a reconstruction of the interior of a barrack in an internment camp under Soviet occupation, which on every ...
Riga here we come!
... for the bus to take in the open-air Ethnographic Museum. This was really nice to see as well since it was built in a natural area just off the shore of Lake Yugla. To the untrained eye (like ours) it was difficult to pick out the slight differences between the 4 different cultural regions in the building structures and churches without referring back to the map, but when you see them all in their traditional dress ...



