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Famous for Art Nouveau it seems...
... br> 3) Moscow District - wooden buildings, which I think stretch to the Kalmciema iela quarter which is more recently renovated and possibly a UNESCO site or important heritage area? The wooden buildings were built as such so they could be burnt when the city was attacked - the stories mention several burnings over the years, one of which was a false alarm it seems - doh!
4) Memorial to Zanis Lipke and all the people who rescued Jews from the Nazi regime ...
Anita & Angela's Riga Escape!
... at Duty Free before boarding, we were then on our way back to Warsaw. Nice to actually hear a language somewhat familiar to our ears (Angela’s more than mine!), we also gained 2 more hours today (thanks to Daylight Savings & changing time zones) and had a lazy Sunday before even thinking of going back to work on Monday…
And no, unfortunately we didn’t find any blue cows, but did find an obsession with cats and frogs and have now turned Angela into a spa-seeker ...
Cowsheds and Communists
... that we were visiting (named on account of its large number of Russian immigrants) was burnt down entirely in 1812. There was a law in place at this time dictating that none of the houses in this impoverished area were to be made of wood in order that in the event of a Napoleonic invasion the area could be burnt down to create a battlefield. A local folk tale tells the story of the drunk watchman who, in his intoxicated state mistook a band ...
Goodbye Baltic Area! Up to Kazakhstan
... heb. En ik wilde er op wachten voor ik een nieuwe blog schreef. Vandaar lieve lezers; heus waar! Het maakt dat ik nu al anderhalve week in Letland ben. En eerlijk gezegd, dat vind ik best lang voor dit land, hoewel ik lang niet alles gezien heb. Als ik hier vorige week maandag het eerste bezoek breng aan de ambassade, doet niemand de deur open, hoewel duidelijk is dat het kantoor bemand is. Terug op dinsdag. Opnieuw 45 minuten heen en terug lopen. Een reiziger loopt wat ...
I can't have it all, now I'm dancing for my life
... european country. Their language and ethnicity is related fairly closely to the finns, although there is an obvious large russian population. Next year they will drop their currency for the euro, even though their qualification for it seems a bit dodgy. I would say they are desperate, in this way and others, to appear more like western europe - or at least, like Finland.
I arrived in Riga, Latvia, after a bus journey that took over four hours. It was airconditioned and ...