Blogs from Riga, Riga Region, Latvia, Europe - page 9

Hicran Çiğdem Yorgancıoğlu ‘nun Letonya/Latvia- RIGA Devr-i Alem Hicri Alem Hicran Çiğdem Seyahatnamesi’nden ..seyahat notlarından alıntılardır . Her hakkı saklıdır .. / Eserin tüm telif hakları H.Çiğdem Yorgancıoğlu’na aittir . Eserin izinsiz kopyalanması çoğaltımı ,yayını ,dağıtımı halinde 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunun hükümleri geçerli olacaktır. LETONYA CUMHURİYETİ Hint-Avrupa kavimlerinin torunlarına ziyaret vakti .94. Ülkeme döndü pruvam . Öncesi,sonrası ve dahasında ,hangi diyârda kimin hava sahasında Ve dehâsında Miskü amber kokar yeni günüm. Yorganda ,yastıkta , sürmeli rastıkta göz güler kaş çatıkta .Bilirim aradığım ne İskandinavya’da ne de Baltık ‘ta , ne de hevesine doyulmayan artıkta. Bu Kuzey Avrupada Baltık Ülkesinin adı Latvia . Cumhuriyet ile yönetilen ve Türkçedeki adı ile Letonya olan ülkenin başkenti Riga’dayım. Baltık şehirle... read more

Latvia is very nice, it feels genuine, like people are going on with the business of living in a regular way, not sure how to say it, but people seem REAL here. We have been recouping from our last week or so of adventure and enjoying the day. Doing some shopping - or I should say some looking - because the US dollar is incredibly weak, you really wouldn't believe just how expensive it is to travel throughout Europe. In Latvia of all the countries I have thought about, we have encountered prices as high, if not higher than they were in Finland. And the terrible thing is there is just so much cute clothing - I want it! But, will instead be happy strolling the streets, seeing the sites and the people. Have learned a ... read more

After Tartu in Estonia, it was just short train journey to the border with Latvia at Valga. The border between Estonia and Latvia actually goes straight through the middle of this town, which must have made life for the locals really fun before the border controls were removed a few years ago. From Valga I caught a Latvian train for the town of Cesis, which is about halfway between Valga (or Valka as it’s named in Latvian) and Riga. Cesis is supposed to be one of the more beautiful Latvian towns, as it has a preserved medieval centre and not one, but two castles. The first impressions however weren’t the best – the area around the station was filthy and full of inebriated Russians, and unlike Estonia where there were tourist signs everywhere, I had no ... read more

I arrive at Riga in the dark and set off in an attempt to orientate myself. I figured I had about 20 minutes of walking ahead of me to get to my hostel, Cinamon Sally, and as this was my first bit of solo travel I felt some pressure to get things right! I took a picture of a map and started walking in a random direction, searching for a street name so I'd know where I was. I couldn't find any, but of course I just kept on walking – I'm a man damnit, I don't need to ask for directions! I refused to take a taxi too, I was going to figure this out. After five minutes of walking I eventually found a street name – and it happened to be precisely where my ... read more

As my gf is Estonian i was to meet her family first time this x-mas. Was to fly out from Bergen , Norway 06:45 24th but snow and ice made the plane delay..so much that when i finally came to Riga..my other plane to Tallin was just left..next one..1800 hours in pilotlanguage. As a smoker (shame on me) i found myself to have to leave the building to smoke in that airport..carrying little but my "little" HP in a bag..i decided to. After a tiny bit of "fresh air" i entered the airport again and looked for a place to sit down for eat and relax..far in the end of the hall..i found TGI - Fridays , with free internet ..ohh joy! Sitting down on a new used table (only free, left but not cleaned) it ... read more