Rolling Tsuchinoko posted: " Riga had much more of a city feel to it than Vilnius. It feels a lot bigger and busier. The Old Town is much more compact. Even though it has a bigger city feel, Riga has nice parks. One thing Riga didn't have was nice weather. The day we arrived, it was" Rolling Tsuchinoko
Riga had much more of a city feel to it than Vilnius. It feels a lot bigger and busier. The Old Town is much more compact. Even though it has a bigger city feel, Riga has nice parks. One thing Riga didn't have was nice weather. The day we arrived, it was cloudy and cool. Big surprise. Later in the day, it would start pouring. I am so glad that I packed my water-resistant jacket.
House of the Black Heads
However, I must say we were lucky with the weather on our last day. It was supposed to rain all day, but it turned out to be a clear, sunny day until the afternoon when a storm rolled in and dumped torrential rain down for about 5 minutes. I had to run to find some shelter to wait out the storm, but I'll take that kind of weather rather than rain all day.
Riga Castle
We wanted to visit Riga Castle, but it turns out that is where the president of the country works. We were kind of wondering why there was such a heavy military presence around the castle. How cool is that though? Sure, the White House is nice and all, but how many presidents get to work in a castle?
Bastejkalna Park
The Swedish Gate. Erected in 1698 as one of the eight gates to the walls that surrounded Riga. Why the Swedish Gate? One of the legends about this structure tells about the origins of the name of the gates, which goes as follows: It has been told that young ladies were forbidden to date soldiers, but one romantic relationship between a girl and a Swedish soldier did develop. And so that happened that these gates were their meeting spot. Once, the young man did not arrive at the usual place, and the locals, knowing that the girl had been involved in this prohibited affinity, took her and built her into the wall of the gates. Since then, the rumor goes that at midnight her cries can be heard by those whose love is pure and unconditional: "I still do love him..!"
Riga Central Market
Latvian Academy of Sciences. From the Academy of Sciences building, you can see the Riga Central Market. The buildings were originally used as zeppelin hangars.
Daugava River
The Cat House has an interesting story, well stories.
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