Riga

HOW I GOT TO THE BALTICS

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September 2nd 2010
Bus 22 from the airport took me to downtown Riga, as per hostel instructions I got off at the Stockmann stop and walked towards Origo, another mall, and surprisingly I found the hostel quite easily, Elisabeth hostel is on an old building at the end of a small street next to the noisy train station. No one was there and the reception wanted to charge me more for just turning up and no booking, but ... 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