| I flew to Latvia in May for 3 nights in the capital Riga...The short trip was far better than I expected !! Latvians are fairly reserved but do like to party at night - There are bars, pubs and clubs on every street and the Beer is fantastic in fact almost as good as you get in say Bamberg! Latvians love tradition and since the soviets left there has been a huge rebuilding programme to turn the city back to how it used to be with modern buildings blended in wonderfully with the old. Riga is still very cheap with a good meal and and a couple of large beers costing no more than £7-8 - the food is indeed excellent and primarily its potatos and pork with lots of garlic. I took a trip out to the city of Sigulda via train on the second day which was painfully slow but the fare was 70p! Sigulda is a town full of New England type trees and greenary with the wooded gorge of the Gauja Valley (yes hills!), numerous castles and the Turaida Museum Area which has living history exhibits, a wooden church, a 13th century castle (partly rebuilt within the last 5 years), and more stone sculptures. Cheers Nige |
All the photos below were taken by N Nudds with a Nikon D70 & Sony P93 - May 2006
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