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Who's Been to Latvia?.. This Guy!

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September 12th 2008
My bus arrived into Riga at about 5 in the afternoon. I headed to the tourist info and convinced the lady to let me use the phone to call my couch surfing host. I talked to her and she said that she would come pick me up in an hour. We agreed to meet in front of the opera house. So I had an hour to walk around a bit. My first stop was..a McDonalds. Never...ever....in my life have I eaten at McDona ... read more

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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... ... read more