arrived in the night, riga airport. cold. had no Lat money... a young guy payed for my bus trip. got out after the great stone bridge...as i had checked out the hostel street in the internet. night, nobdy on the street. "ding dong" who is it? "i want to get a room please" we are full...go away. i wandered for 10 minutes, entered a cafe and the barman showed me the way to another hostel. ....................sleep 15 hours..................... RIGA laundry_gertrudes iela my first latvian word was "prachechnaya" , the place where to wash my dirty clothes. Half the people have no problems speaking to strangers...the other half has serious problems in comunicating with strangers. finaly - the prachechnaya. riga is beautiful, under the sun. Milda girl, holding those three stars up high...beautiful women, all dressed up, ... read more

Nice. icy. cold. see tallin fade away... ... read more

Fica na parte velha da cidade. A casa e (n sei onde se poe os acentos nestes teclados russos...) velha e esta recuperada. duma janela vejo a calcada de pedra da rua, pedras grandes, o frio, as casas velhas e a ponta de uma torre enorme e ponteaguda de uma igreja enorme. Estamos satisfeitos.Chegamos. No nosso quarto esta uma rapariga Sul Koreana, que exibe orgulhosamente uma fotografia dela e do pai natal tirada na Laponia ( Pinland is bery cord!! ) e um homem estono que tresanda e fala de noite ( em estono,naturalmente... Porque e que a agua quente acaba tao depressa?!! ... read more