Riga

Riga!

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April 5th 2007
I'm in Riga today. Riga is a banking city and the capital of Latvia. It's undergone massive improvements in the last few years, and is the largest city in the Baltic states. I had 'borscht' for lunch, which is an, ahem, interesting soup made of beets. Dinner was a Latvian smörgåsbord, named because people in Europe like having things above letters. ... 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