Ramada Riga
Gertrudes Str 70 Riga, 110065, Latvia
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Memories in the Making
... half circle, getting my intake of the view from this perspective, I then crossed the street into the main square of this lovely town. In the center of the main plaza is a wonderfully ornate building which is known as the “Blackhead's House.” It is a charming, brick building with fabulous gilded statues all around it and on top. It has been used historically, for a host of purposes but most notably, the home of the “Blackheads of Germany” thus taking ...
Refused Boarding In Transit!!!!
... so the next flight was not until Monday, 3 days away. Masha, told us to go and get a hotel for the night, it was now quite late so we had a meal (and a much needed bottle of red) at the airport and walked despondently towards a hotel sign we could see in the distance.
The next morning by 10.00am, true to his word, Laziz had another document emailed to us which we got hotel reception to print and walked back to the airport to do battle. A new shift ...
Goodbye Baltic Area! Up to Kazakhstan
... learned #1
Ook het leven uit een backpack is wel even wennen. Al je bezittingen voor een jaar in je rugtas. Het voortdurend in- en uitpakken. Van thermo-shirts en handschoenen om de kou te trotseren hoog in de bergen tot een voorraad van 5 weken anti-malaria pillen voor straks in het regenwoud van Borneo, Indonesië. Allemaal in één tas. Aanvankelijk had ik dan ook teveel meegenomen. En met 25+ kg op je rug rennen naar het busstation is geen gemakkelijke opgave. ...
Part 1: Riga
... minutes until the rest of the passengers arrived from a delayed connecting flight. Despite the delay, we made very good time, and had sunny skies almost all the way to Riga. In the last 45 minutes of the flight, we had some terrible weather!! It was snowing, and windy, and I felt like this baby little propeller plane was going to fall out of the sky! We came in for the landing all wobbly-like, but we landed safely. My flight was twenty minutes early, ...
Riga, Latvia - Winter Wonderland
... the Orthodox Cathedral," I answered, looking at my guide book. During Soviet times it was turned into a restaurant and lecture hall. When Latvia gained independence it changed back to being a cathedral.
An hour later, wrapped up like Eskimos, we were ready to step into the arctic conditions. The temperature outside was a bone-rattling minus ten. Spring had arrived in Latvia! Time to get the barbeque out.
Heading down the Brivibas Bulvaris, a long straight ...



