Tomo Riga
Raunas St 44 Riga, LV-1039, Latvia
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The meat of the Baltic sandwich
... the Russians. It is very important to them though what she told me next was very embarrassing. Many stag parties head to Riga, most end up in strip or sex clubs and recently, some British guy urinated on the Freedom Monument. Shocking. I remember some student years ago did something similar in the UK and went to court for it. It's an England I feel so estranged from, but it iis a minority.
The ...
Fucking hipsters.
... enugh really that and knowing it was the baltic coast to. we took refuge in an open air caff were we met to lithuaian guys on there way to a hiphop/dance and pop music festival. we asked them what they were there for and suprisingly they said "pop, definatly pop" seemed upfront.
latter we whent back to one of ...
Riga - party town of the Baltics
Trains in this part of the world are not yet up to scratch and for some strange reason, the three Baltic states are not very well connected by rail. I can only imagine it had something to do with the Soviets who planned the rail system so that all roads lead to Moscow instead of enhancing a communication network between the occupied states. Knowing that a train would be out of the question today, I opted for a bus to take me from Tallinn (Estonia) to Riga (Latvia). I was asked if ...
Baltic bliss-- well, aside from the wind.
... 35 lbs of **** on your back is a sad problem. But the hotel is lovely and the staff was exceedingly helpful. After about 20 minutes with the receptionist and 20 minutes on the Internet, we gave up trying to figure out how to call the credit card company collect (which is what they told him to do). So I had my first experience with Skype calling, and it was extremely positive! It only costs 1.9 cents per minute to call the US on Skype. ...
I can't have it all, now I'm dancing for my life
... and three dutch girls - one of which is wearing australian thongs.
I heard a scottish guy chatting with an australian guy in the common room, and managed to jump into their loud conversation - drunken critiques of their cultures and my hairstyle - all good fun. Within thirty minutes I had sat down, had five shots of apple-juice and vodka, and was headed out into the Riga night in a group of seven men - a canadian, two americans, two australians, a scot and a dutchman.
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