Caught the 4am bus into Riga. Beautiful crisp night with loads of stars. Miss seeing the big dipper and orion.
This time I'm staying at Old Town Hostel in Vecriga. It's cheaper and just as good. Today was a trip down memory lane... First, went to the Ocupacija Musej and cried - kept looking for mom and pop's faces in all of the photos. Then, in the early evening, I went to the Hotel Latvija to see how it had changed from when I was there in 1986. Wow. Capitalism. Had a beer in the bar on the top floor, with an amazing view of Riga. Last time I was there, it was a dumpy cafeteria-style bar with no one in it. Now, it was the hottest place to be on a Friday night. Crazy.
At the hostel, met one Australian, two Belgians, two Norwegians, and one Latvian. One beer, two beers, round of shots, another beer, a shot of balsams, and then we all headed downstairs to the sauna. Crazy day... up at 4am, to bed at 4am.
Word...............................dzert sauss = drink it dry (or bottoms up!)
Dish.................................cheese and pretzels for dinner.
Highlight..........................memory lane
Lowlight...........................burnt my dibens on the sauna stove
sounds like girl gone wild in riga....hope there are no videos!!!!!!!!
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