Riga Travel Blogs

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

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…

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 …

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 ;)

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…

Not too much in Riga today, we had a [relatively] early bus to catch down to Kaunas, Lithuania.  But we did walk through a nice park.

Scams. The bane of the traveller. Nothing can make a travel experience go south faster than getting conned. Falling prey to scams is often worse than theft. Theft is usually done by a faceless pickpocket or by leaving a handbag in a spot you shouldn't have. Scams, on the other hand, are usually p…

After saying goodbye to Tallinn, it was off to Riga.  We stayed in Old Riga where the streets wind in every direction and are more confusing then the streets of Old Town in Tallinn. In Riga, Nico has a friend who was kind enough to act as our tour guide through the city. The next day she too…

Drinking is always an very important part of traveling , and there is always alot of things happening when you are drinking. Here are a few of the things that has happened so far. Its also my personal meaning of the different cities.Helsinki.. Well , the nightlife here in helsinki didnt get me goin…

5 weeks in Eastern Europe, from the beaches of Croatia and the baths of Budapest to the sand dunes of Lithuania.

As I have no new trips to tell about I am going to reminiscence... In May me and my friends finally got together, found free time on the weekend and got into an old Mersedes Benz to drive to Riga. Two guys wanted to do some shopping (it is actually a tradition to go to Riga to shop, a lot bet…

Traveled to Riga in june 2006 for five days....Also went up to the coast, Jurmala.

Because this is a family visit we also did some family stuff. We were given a lift to the Zoo of Riga. This is definitily an experience as a Western-European. It looked like we went back in time. Amost all the animals were in small cages with hardly anything to do. But my nephew loved it! All the a…

I got up early (1030 ha) to take the train to Jurmala, a well-known small coastal town. Getting a ticket was a challenge, since since all of the signs were in Latvian, and the ticket agent didn't speak English. I said to the agent, "Jurmala." But she kept replying "Mayori, Mayori." Stuck at a dead …