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After a brief period of independence between the two World Wars, Latvia was annexed by the USSR in 1940. It reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994, the status of the Russian minority (some 30% of the population) remains of concern to Moscow. Latvia joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004. To be updated

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By Mmirag
June 28th 2008
Latvia Day 2 Europe » Latvia » Riga Region » Riga
OK, so went out with about 10 people last night to some beer garden where the beers were only 1 Lat. That is as good as it gets here--which is about $2.20, but they are very big. Had a lot of them and watched the stag parties going crazy with drinking games. We also met some Latvian girls who were fairly interesting--just very different culture to say the least. I never met the lady from Maine for dinner, just had some Russian dumplings at the beer garden--and more coming home at 2:30am. Good and cheap. That is real Russian food there--filling [View Full Entry]

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By Mmirag
June 27th 2008
Latvia--Day 1 Europe » Latvia » Riga Region » Riga
OK, so I took the long cab ride into the Old Town of Riga. Pretty easy to find the hostel--Argonaut Hostel. On the way, saw lots of Soviet-style buildings, many with spraypaint all over them. The nightlife around this part of the Old Town seems to be really good, but I got in and showered and went to bed pretty soon. It was past 1:30am when I tried to hit the sack. Not a great night of sleep--but interesting. 10 beds in my room and I was on an upper bunk. 2 guys were sleeping already and the other people slowly [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 27th 2008 | 57 Views | [diary=292229]


By Mmirag
June 27th 2008
Latvia--Day 1 cont. Europe » Latvia » Riga Region » Riga
OK, so I thought it would take all day to see the sights in the Old City, but nope. First grabbed an omelet and got an espresso in a nice little pub. Then, I took some advice and made the first elevator up to the top of St. Peter's Churhc and was the only one up on top of the tower. Great view of the whole city, but cold and windy up there. When I went down, the line was so long for the next rides up. Pretty cool to have the whole top of the tower to myself. Next I [View Full Entry]

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Hello, After the miserable night bus ride, we arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania. Night busses are the bane of our existance, but sometimes they are out of necessity as was mentioned in the lat blog post. We arrived in Vilnius around 6am, and we trudged over to our hostel which was called the VB Sleep Inn. The hostel is essentially an overgrown house where you have to take your shoes off at the door and everyone hangs out and talks to each other. It was a great atmosphere. We dropped off our luggage and started walking around Vilnius which is supposed to [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 6th 2008 | 66 Views | [diary=293339]


By passenger
June 11th 2008
Beautiful Latvia Europe » Latvia » Riga Region » Riga
Pictures of Latvia , shot since 2002 - 2006. Also few from Cesis and the surroundings. Born in Latvia, but not living there anymore, I still go to Latvia at least once a year every year since 2002 and witness positive things but negative ones as well. This page shows the beautiful side of Latvia. [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 12th 2008 | 140 Views | [diary=286297]

narrow streets of Riga
under the blue skies
for fatherland and freedom again

By chlaa
June 5th 2008
Soloci Europe » Latvia » Latgale Region » Ludza
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By chlaa
June 1st 2008
Riga Europe » Latvia » Riga Region » Riga
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Freedom Monument
Graffiti
Oldest lane in Riga

By mcooper
May 18th 2008
Latvia rocks! Europe » Latvia » Riga Region » Riga
Hi guys, Another blog entry since we have free (albiet very slow and unreliable) internet access at our guesthouse here in Riga. I thought Vilinus in Lithuania was beautiful, well Riga is even more so. The buildings and architecture here are totally amazing. They are definitley restoring the city to its former glory, the communists really did not do much to enhance the beauty of the place. We arrived yesterday to find it was some sort of special festival for the beginning of summer with music and stalls etc. This weekend was also museum weekend, once a year when all the [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 18th 2008 | 154 Views | [diary=277533]

hill of crosses
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By Ergens onderweg
May 16th 2008
Riga Europe » Latvia » Riga Region » Riga
Het was leuk om even terug te zijn in België maar onze voeten begonnen te jeuken en het werd tijd om terug te vertrekken. Om middernacht landen we in Riga. Te laat voor de bus nemen we een taxi naar het Elisabeth Hostel. We vermoeden dat de bestuurder ervan droomt de Letse Senna te worden. De straten van Riga zijn gelukkig niet zijn Imola. Een supervriendelijke madam ontvangt ons met een brede glimlach op dit nachtelijke uur. De dag erop gaan we na een goede nachtrust de stad verkennen. We lopen wat rond in de Oude stad. Het is er niet [View Full Entry]

Ergens onderweg - Maarten En Eva | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 17th 2008 | 279 Views | [diary=277200]

Soloreiziger
Bremer stadsmuzikanten
Oude stad

We disembarked the MV Oceanic II (The Scholar Ship) on April 19. On April 21 it was renamed the Mona Lisa (it's original name) and chartered back into a cruise ship for the summer. And then the captain ran it into the ground. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/04/latvia.cruise.ap/ http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=DhIROlJsjpE [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 5th 2008 | 122 Views | [diary=273086]