Latvia Travel Blogs

Driving back to Riga I guess we should have started our trip from Elva in Estonia to Riga airport a little bit earlier but it is always easier to say that when you know everything afterwards. We left Sunday afternoon at 2 pm and our flight from Riga to Brussels was planned to leave at 6 pm. The …

Arriving to Riga,first stop of my baltic´s adventure i had a flight conection from London stansted,it wasn´t funny,because i had to wait all night into the airport, my checkin was 4 am,because departure flight was 6 am,anyway,most important was to arrive to Riga in the morning,Franks Hostel was…

Many intrasting and beautiful places.

      Advents has for me been a time for preparing for Christmas with baking different types of small Christmas cakes, Christmas decorating my house, writing Christmas letters and figuring out what to by for Christmas presents to family and friends.     The last …

even though Riga and Vilnius are capitals of baltic states, they are very different. by architecture and just by atmosphere. :)

Today is going to be my first venture into the city all by myself. we drove trough on saturday, before the car broke down, and i have a good map, but I really don't know anything else. I know which bus to take from here, and which to take back again, but of course I forgot to have my friend show me…

When Riga was founded in 1201, its closest neighbours Vilnius and Talinn were not yet to be found on the map on north-east Europe, nor was Stockholm, Helsinki or the former capital of Eastern Prussia, Köningsberg . Riga is ofen and deservedly reffered to as the city of parks and gardens because al…

… continuing my trip… ;) 22:00 I am in Riga. Did not sleep on the plane, just was dreaming and listening to music. My friends Kitija and Ivars met me at the airport. I was so tired, just wanted to go home and relax. But of course, Kitija made a nice dinner at home, we had few shots of tequila…

The day started out pretty normally with me sleeping late and Rob getting up to do some work and play on the computer some.  Once I got up I got him motivated to get things done. He had to run errands before we left for the flight.  While he did that I got the last of the stuff ready to l…

Me and my sister decided to entertain ourselves between Christmas and New Year and visit our friend in Latvia. It was shot but really fun trip! Three blonds in Riga - what can be better?! :) Hahaha ;)

Approaching Riga International Airport on a dark February evening, I noticed the snow outside for the first time. It was blowing past the wing in ferocious streaks of white. I turned to Jodie, wondering whether to tell her. After all, it had taken some hard convincing to get her to go to Latvia. I …

People i met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Eric (America), - Hostel owner Frank (Australia) and Unknown (American) for been full of c**pRiga highlight: 'This guy from LA tells me theres such a thing as 'An American card!' Oh yes indeed and listen to how well it works! He arrived in…

Today we first went to visit some Art Nouveau style buildings in Riga. These were not in old town, but in the newer part of Riga. These buildings were really beautiful!  There were a lot of details in carving of statues, faces on the buildings. The windows were not simple rectangles. Some buil…

The Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania did an impressive development from being part of the former Soviet Union to becoming EU's most eastern members. I heard about the beauty of Riga or Tallin before, now it was the time to discover these countries by myself together with my American friend Eric. Baltics, you better were ready.

Places to see in Latvia:)!