2. Take advantage of cheap XL Milka bars in the duty free on the cruise ship. It is almost Valentines day afterall...
3. Eat at LIDO, the latvian food restaurant where portions are HUGE and greasy , and beers bigger then your head are about 2 dollars.
4. Go to every restaurant and cafe you can... because it's cold outside.
5. Go to the central market in Riga, where Baba's sell huge loaves of bread, homemade pickles, and lots and lots of cheese for dirt cheap.
6. Drink, a lot. It's about the same price as a diet coke.
7. Get another Milka bar as soon as you have returned to the boat.
HI I'M BAAACK! and exhausted!
Riga was very very cool!
The ship was really fun at the beginning.. so we thought until we were all woken up at 2 am for the rest of the night from the sounds of ice bashing against the sides of our windowless ship cabin. No sleep came after this as the only thing going through each of our minds was.. "near, far, whereevvver you are, I believe that the heart will go oonnnnn" (Titanic theme song) After complaining to the ferry info booth the next day, we learned that it was very obvious that the ice would be loud in a c-class cabin in the back corner of the boat. Right.
Not so nice ice, and Baltic cruise for 3.
Riga was a very cool city. Very VERY old and beautiful and clearly has a heavy past that is so recent that it is still in the minds of many of the people who don't always come across as welcoming to foreigners. The Occupation Museum was really interesting and it was hard to believe the years and years of suffering that these people went through due to Soviet and German invasions.
the awesome lucy! (brooke is awesome too!)
brooke. big. beer.
the classic Latvian restaurant LIDO. one time experience.
Central Market
A night at the Latvian National Opera - I fell asleep about 6 times but I really did enjoy it!
What a beautiful city!!
(British) Russian Dolls!!
Congratulations on your recent freedom Latvia!!
(Freedom Monument - built in 1935.. and Latvia actually wasn't free until 1991, so someone jumped the gun)
The whole trip was awesome and the cruise ship kind of redeemed itself by giving us a longer, quieter sleep on the way home. I couldn't have asked for better travel buddies, maybe just dry shoes. I can't believe I just went to Latvia!!! Who would have thought!
Back in Stockholm now for the week to get some school work done and catch up on my sleep. I can't lie, I'm pretty sick of winter, but Italy is coming up very fast so that will give me a nice break and then the snow should then be realizing that it has overstayed its welcome here in Stockholm.
I hope this gave you somewhat of an idea of what a crazy place Riga was. Different then anywhere I have ever been and I definitely learned a lot about the world!
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYBODY!!
talk to you soon!
xox J
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