Blogs from Latvia, Europe - page 21

From Vilnius to Riga I took a bus called Eurolines, this bus was a million times better than the last one, but a few dollars more. It was well worth it. On the bus I met a guy from the hostel I was staying at in Vilnius and he said he had to get out of that place it was so bad, so now I don't feel as bad for judging the place so quickly. When I arrived in Riga I went to my hostel Famous Franks, this place was so much fun but full of bachelor parties. I think there were 183 guys and 7 girls in this place. I really enjoyed the city, they have the largest market in Europe there. It is inside a building the Germans use to make blimps or aircraft ... read more

YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK TO THE JOURNAL OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (CLICK ON THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. TO RETURN TO THE BLOG WITH TEXT, CLICK ON THE BLOG NAME ON THE RIGHT OR CLICK ON YOUR 'BACK' BUTTON. YOU CAN CLICK ON 'PREVIOUS ENTRIES' AT THE TOP LEFT OF THIS BLOG PAGE AND SEE OTHER BLOG ENTRIES. Riga, Latvia - January 28 through 31, 2010 We had but a short visit to Riga, but a winter-wonderland one. Bernard was attending a seminar in his field, International Humanitarian Law, and also delivered a short lecture. Since Bernard was busy with his seminar, I had loads of time to walk around this picturesque old city - our hotel was within walking distance of all ... read more

Sent: Fri 10/17/08 Labdién! Ahi les van algunas fotos de la vida en el hostel de Riga "Friendly Fun Franks Hostel", que ya hace 2 o 3 años se gano el premio como mejor hostel del mundo... A la fecha ha sido el mejor, el ambiente de pelos, siempre hay alguien con quien platicar, organizan tours nocturnos todos los dias, tienen bar, etc., una chulada de hostel.... No le puedo poner pie de pagina a las fotos, pero puedo describir algunas: * Como buen mexicano me lleve la bandera, asi que ya me tome la foto con la bandera... el cuate de enseguida es un español que viajaba junto con otros 2, y hagan de cuenta que uno era el Hugo y el otro el Pablo, asi que ni manera de aburrirse con el par.... * ... read more

Riga, Letonia, a 4 de octubre del 2008. Buenos dias por alla (aqui son las 6:18 PM, y alla las 9:18 AM). Pues en mi primer dia en Riga no se pudo conocer a la gente local porque la ciudad vieja esta llena de turistas... No les entiendo nada de lo que hablan pero son turistas... Ya visite 3 museos el dia de hoy (tan cultural como siempre), no pude visitar más porque todos los negocios cierran a las 5 PM!!!!!!!!!!! Haganme el favor... Y con mi limitado ingles no he tenido problema porque los letones tambien medio cascabelean a la hora del "spikin inglish" (mal de muchos, consuelo de..)... Diferencias encontradas a la fecha entre México y los europeos encontrados en Riga: * No dicen 'con permiso' o 'excuse me' si se te atraviesan cuando ... read more

I had wanted to go to Latvia since I heard about the KGB Prison in Karosta long time ago, and it has the fusion architectural charms of old Russia, and the modern Scandinavia. Riga is a very small and beautiful city, and it was good value of money. Riga is also the city feeling more of that Soviet Republic than other Baltic cities. The flight from Istanbul to Riga took us less than 3 hours and we touched down just before the dark. Going through immigration, and officers complete with Soviet style uniforms, we entered the modernized airport lounge, and again given a little bit of difficult times of explaining the difference between PRC and HKSAR (Reason is PRC Passport holders do need a Visa and HKSAR do not) and they still could not tell the ... read more

One weekend in Riga We have two more small trips we would like to write about. Like the trips to Berlin and Milan they are too small to merit one entry each but together they are enough for us to write about. First we would like to write about our trip in Riga. In Riga we stayed at a youth hostel called Tiger Hostel. The name of the hostel is not as strange as you might think. You see the owner of the hostel is a tiger and there are tiger paintings on the walls and carpets with tigers on them on the floor and so on. It was a very nice hostel and the owner was a very nice fellow too. In a restaurant in Riga dad got all excited when he saw that they ... read more