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Riga Excursions

Riga is the only city I visited in Latvia but it’s a very interesting city and you should spend two or three days here walking around and seeing the interesting sites. One thing about the three countries in this area, the people are very welcoming, friendly and willing to help out with whatever you need so feel free to talk with people.

Cathedral Riga Excursions
This is the inside courtyard of the Riga Cathedral
Clock face Riga Excursions
A lot of the cathedral was destroyed but some pieces like this clock face were saved
Horseback hero Riga Excursions
Hero Rose need to be on horseback
Recovered Stone face Riga Excursions
Some very old stone carving which was recovered in the courtyard
Cannons Bill Smale
These are just Canon exhibits which I found a little strange to have a cathedral
Blackface Bill Smale
This was a tribute place to buy the “blackface” which were the merchant associated people with their own large house which is shown later
Pipe organ Bill Smale
An extremely ordinate pipe organ
Altar
The altar
Pizza Bill Smale
The reheated pizza here was extremely good. I never had much reheated pizza because of the dimension flavor flavors but this was very well regarded so I went to this restaurant and it was very tasty
Stained glass window
A beautiful stained glass window
Saint Peter’s
Saint Peter’s Church with its very impressive spire
Belgian beer
I guess there’s not much more you can say about Belgian beer
Bar
A pretty active bar across from the hotel
Park buildings
Beautiful buildings by the park
Cathedral
The regard cathedral
Cathedral side gate
Old gate at the side of the cathedral
Small plaza
It was too snowy and cold to sit down in a small plaza
Medieval pub
An ancient style (dark ages) pub which I did not go into since it was too early in the day
Amber is the thing in Riga
In Riga the thing is Amber. Kind of like in Toledo where the thing is swords and knives.
Blackface house
This is the Blackface house
Blackface house
The house was destroyed during the second world war and recently rebuilt according to its original design. This building was the merchants Association, Blackface House. They were the powerful merchants of this area of the world
Building for sale
Jump jumping around a little this is just an interesting building which was for rent or for sale. I can’t imagine who would build this and then try to sell it
Place to visit
This house is a welcoming place for foreign diplomats including the emperor Japan
Glassware
Some of the beautiful glassware saved
Wagner played here
He played in the backface house. Riga had a very strong trading relationship with Bremen Germany and they had an affiliated house in Bremen
Basement
This is part of the basement which was not destroyed
Built in 1860
A photo of the house in 1860. The members of the association were extremely powerful politicians and economic forces in this area of the world
A gift
A recent gift to the house
backface emblem
An emblem on the cannon
Ceremony room
Beautiful area for ceremonies
Beautiful ceiling
Beautifully decorated ceiling
Local market
This is the main market nearby for local people
Cured meats
All different kinds of cured meats
Turkish delight
Turkish delights and other sweets
Place to eat
On the second floor of the market you order your food from stalls and eat here
Latvian pancakes
Latvianpancakes
A mixture of food foods
Hawaiian poke and Chinese stuff
Japanese foods
These are supposed to be Japanese style foods
Local building
A nice local building
Ancient tram
An ancient tram system still working
Corner building
An interesting corner building
Russian church
The Russian Orthodox Church
Russian church
Inside the Russian church there is no place to sit
Outside of the Russian church
The Russian church from the outside