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August 1st 2016

Published: August 1st 2016

<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day 191 Wednesday 27th July 2016 – Tartu to Riga Easy day today, with us taking our time packing and checking out at 11.30. Had a walk through this pretty town again and then sat in the park for a while to enjoy the ambience. Ended up in one of the shopping malls and decided to catch a movie, and couldn’t believe that a movie ticket only costs... Read Full Entry

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Riga

City Canal

Riga

Old Building across from our Hotel

Balcony Guardians

Just crazy

Lions

Art Nouveau in stripes

Great Window

Padlock Bridge

Riga Cathedral

Riga Cathedral

Art Nouveau buildings

Metropolis like head

Over the top

A bit more sedate

Great Windows

Dragons

More Art Nouveau

Great Face

Cloister museum Riga Cathedral

Riga

Pagan Head

Riga

St Peters Church

1st August 2016

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Perfect or grody?
Coming from a David Lynch, Disneyland town, I love them--can't be too perfect for me. No trash all around or touts, flamboyant Art Nouveau and restorations rather than replacing bombed-out buildings with modern concrete--count me in. And don't knock the little old ladies at their organ concert, I went for it when there. Here in Arequipa, Peru, they restored the cathedral's organ after 10 years of work, but they've no one to play it. Have to bring someone in from the capital--duh. But I loved Riga (and Arequipa), and so happy you did too, with those little caveats.

2nd August 2016

Shelley and Scott
Michele Hutchinson and Scott Maberley

Arty Newview
Never understood what Art Nouveau meant till I came to Riga, but then again, maybe I still don't understand it. Riga is fabulous and you are right about no trash and touts, it is almost perfect.

2nd August 2016

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Too perfect
I know what you mean about cities that are a little too perfect, with no grit to keep things real - Blue Velvet is a fabulous way to describe it! In case Shelley comes across that condescending 'sadly no black tea' man again, please let him know that a fruit flavoured drink is a tisane or an infusion, and not a tea. So therefore he had NO TEA. Grrr (on Shelly's behalf) :)

2nd August 2016

Shelley and Scott
Michele Hutchinson and Scott Maberley

Mr Sadly gets sadder
Oh, it is just gets worse for poor Shelley with "Mr Sadly" but you will need to wait for the next blog for that one. We just cannot start a day without tea or coffee, and dealing with idiots first thing is like a red rag to a bull.

7th August 2016

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Riga sounds fabulous
I've decided this work stuff is overrated and we need to get back on the travel roads again. We'll have to plan something. I travel with decaf coffee as I can't have the caffeine for health reasons. I always ask if they have it just in case so I can extend how long my supply last. I get really strange looks in most countries. You know how a restaurant makes most of their money on alcohol? I think hotels make their money on laundry!

9th August 2016

Shelley and Scott
Michele Hutchinson and Scott Maberley

Where Next?
Work is well overrated, and that's why we try our best to avoid it. Good to hear you are getting itchy feet again, cannot wait to see where you end up travelling too. As for laundry it was so cheap on the last trip through South America so it is a real shock how expensive it is on this trip and the lack of laundromats

7th August 2016

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Beautiful
Love it

15th August 2016

traudy glasencnik
non-member comment

love it!!!
Too gorgeous!!! Love this place.Great pic's too! xx

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