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Riga (By Ben)
... decided that we wanted to see the museum of occupation, but once we got there we found it was closed, for no good reason. At that stage we were slightly at a loss as to what to do because we hadn't really prepared a contingency. In the end we basically just looked around the old town, had lunch, looked at some of the memorials and statues that were dotted around etc... There was also a Christmas market which was the first we had ...
One Last Goodbye: Return trip to Children's Home
... we took up a game of basketball. I am amazed at boys and girls who have never played on leagues, are so adept and talented in sports. The same with swimming, I asked them, "Who taught you to swim?". I wanted to hear, A sister, an aunt, their mother perhaps. Most answers I got were said in with a laughing tone, "I got thrown in (by one of the other children), and I learned how to swim, or I would die".
There is this sweet little pond near the ...
Anita & Angela's Riga Escape!
... hotel deals on Air Baltic and next thing we know, we're booked! Never in my life did I ever think the words "I’m off to Latvia for a couple days" would ever come out of my mouth… it’s right in the same category as 'heading to OZ for the weekend’. Time to check another country off the list.
So we meet early on Thursday morn at the airport, and hop onto our Air Baltic flight. Of course this is a wee prop plane, so we take the bus out and climb into ...
Riga Rocks: Europe's Best Kept Secret
... for the recommendation of this place as it served truly authentic Latvian cuisine. Barb ate black beans and bacon, Rich chose pelmini, and everyone else enjoyed roast pork with horseradish sauce and sauerkraut. Our dessert came in liquid form, Lativus Balzarus (black balsam)—a special blend of 25+ medicinal herbs. The beverage was used to cure Catherine the Great of a fever in the 1750s and is ...
Riga in the Rain
... to slow us down.
Happily however, the sun was breaking through as we entered the mouth of the river Daugava, which is Latvia's biggest river and the reason for the formation of Riga, some 8 miles up-river from the estuary. I say happily, as one thing we wanted to do was to top up the fuel and you can’t do this in the rain, as water in the fuel tank is a BAD thing. The fuelling opportunity was in a small ...