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Published: September 14th 2007
Wind Swept
Just arrived in Latvia and wasn't it cold.....Left for our bus at 7am, not really wanting to be there after our last bus trip.
But this journey was so much easier, scenery not much different to Poland and time just flew by.
Arrived in Riga at 11.30am, it was cold and the wind was a howling.
With jackets on we proceeded to find our hostel, the alleged 5 minute trek turned into 30 minutes and with our heavy backpacks it was hard going....
Wind swept and knackered we arrived, dumped our stuff and collapsed in a heap.....
Later after going out to eat, we returned to find we were sharing our room with Angelo the Italian Stallion from Rome!!!
I was a bit wary but "Skim" didn't mind too much, I wonder why?
After a good nights sleep we went armed with camera to see the sights of Riga, only to find after the first shot the battery was flat.(Skims fault) Decided to carry on sight seeing and take photos the next day.....
Little did we know, that it was going to rain incessantly there after!!!
We discovered a massive market at the back of the bus
Our Hostel
The Breakfast room station. It looked like several aircraft hangers and each housed different produce, Cheese, cakes and bread, fish and meat. I have never seen so much meat in one place.
Outside was the fruit and veg, then further up was clothes etc, Also the cheap booze and cigarettes 38p a pack!!!
A lot cheaper than in the city, so take a look if you're in the area.
People seemed to eat and drink standing up in this market. When we found a cafe with seats to sit on we noticed a large number of the citizens young and old, male and female, who hid round the corner of the cafe and ordered a quick shot or two of the hard stuff drank it down quickly and scurried away. It was funny to watch, but we felt a bit odd being the only ones drinking coffee!!!!
Latvia is where "Skid" had his first bout of deli belly, but we think it was more to do with the booze than the food. Never the less we enjoyed our time in Latvia, even though we were rained on quite a lot.......... Next stop Russia.
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steve
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shit i never thought of that
If your wet you can always get warm. lots of loving going on