Sigulda is described as the Switzerland of Latvia. In a country of no hills that is nearly all flat we were interested in what this meant. So we hoped on a train to see what it was like. We soon discovered that comparing Sigulda to Switzerland is a bit ambitous. One attraction that they have in Sigulda however is a bobsled track. And beleive it or not tourists can go in a bobsled and go down the track. Being summer and with no ice about they have a specially constructed audi bobsled for you to go in. The bobsled goes down [View Full Entry]

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We drove into Latvia from Vilnius - the border crossing was very easy as both Lithuania and Latvia are signed up to the Schengen Agreement. Our first stop in Latvia was in Rundale, near to the town of Bauska. Here we had a look around Pilsrundale, a baroque palace that was designed by the same person as the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. Whilst we were driving through the countryside in Lithuania and Latvia we saw a lot of storks, but were quite amused to find that some had built their huge nest right on top of the palace at Rundale! [View Full Entry]

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Ok, well yesterday we got into Riga, Latvia. It took around 2 hours to clear the Russian and Latvian Borders, we even had a sniffer dog come onto the bus, that was pretty cool. We finally got to Riga at around 6:30pm after going through road works basically the whole way here. Thank god I got some sleep on the bus so time didn't seem so long. It was Rach's birthday yesterday too, so we all went out last night and got pretty drunk, was a good night though and remember everything so I mustn't of been too bad lol, I [View Full Entry]

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Ahhh.... Finally am enjoying my free time in a comfortable and unusually empty Riga International Airport and am about to head down to Istanbul, Turkey. But before then, a few comments about my past 2 weeks in the former Soviet Union. Russian have a US-Complex. They must aim their conversation toward political demise, which takes effort to steer clear off. Bush bashing is to be expected, but they seem to think I'm an official US representative (probably first American they've seen in years) and thus express years of internal frustions to me. A general advice to anyone planning to [View Full Entry]

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Riga'da geçirdiğimiz 4 günden sonra bir minibüse ( Letonya'da şehiriçi dolmuşlar ve bizdeki gibi şehir merkezinden ilçelere giden minibüsler var) binip orman içinde bir yerleşim merkezi olan Siguldaya gittik. Otobüs terminalinin hemen yanındaki oteli pek beğenmedik. Daha önce Lonely Planet'ten baktığımız otellerden biri olan Villa Alberta'yı bulmak için elimizde harita sırtımızda kocaman sırt çantaları yürümeye başladık. Riga'dan da daha sessiz olan Sigulda'da ağaçlarla kaplı bir yolda [View Full Entry]

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Letonya'ya gitmeye kış aylarında İstanbul-Riga arası bulduğumuz ucuz uçak biletleri sonrası karar verdik. Biletlerimizi birkaç ay önceden aldık. 18 Mayıs'ta Denizli'de 31 Mayıs'ta İstanbul'da olmak üzere iki düğünden sonra balayında dinlenmek ve yeni yerler görmek için güzel bir yer seçtiğimizi düşünüyorum. 7 Haziran Cumartesi günü ilk defa gündüz saatlerinde uçağa binerek yola çıktık. Riga'ya vardığımızda oldukça küçük, çok sessiz bir hava alanında bulduk kendimizi. &# [View Full Entry]

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Last night in Riga and we figured that we'd definitely have to add a new entry before we catch the bus to Poland tonight. After the worlds craziest ferry trip, we managed to arrive safely in Riga and after a much needed nap, caught a few of the sites that Riga's old town has to offer. Basically alot of parks, Orthodox Churches, and bridges that have locks all over them (cool little Latvian marriage tradition). Friday night was spent out with some people in our hostel, 3 aussies, one austrian, and one spaniard, all really cool people. We even managed to [View Full Entry]

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Since I've subscribed a whole lot of you marvellous people back home to my blog, I have to be extra good at writing interesting stuff. So lets start with what I am best at - complaining Copenhagen Airport: Usually one of my all time favorite places. The atmosphere of people going away on holiday, bustling around in long lines while chatting about things to do at their destination point and of people arriving, being welcomed with (perhaps too many) Danish flags and kisses and hugs. But today I didn't like it. As CPH becomes larger and as more and more companies [View Full Entry]

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After much toing and froing and some travelling and a short plan flight we managed to get ourselves from Bratislava in Slovakia to Riga in Latvia. Riga has some good and bad reputation the good is that it is an awesome place to visit with a great old town full of old buildings and is realy small so you can see it all just by wandering around for a few hours. The bad is that with the advent of cheap airlines it has become a major port of call for Bucks/stag nights and hen night from all over Europe who are [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone, since our last entry there have been many exciting events. After leaving Carl in Skovde we took the train to Goteburg and did the usual touristy boat rides, sightseeing things. There is a massive zoo in the center of town with a zoo, animal rides, patios and a frisbee gold course that jord gave dave a free lesson on. The operater even told him, and this is a direct quote, "You should keep playing, maybe one day you could be Canadian world champion." Dream big folks. After seeing three cities in Sweden we have reached a few conclusions, 1) [View Full Entry]

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