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Riga Excursions

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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.

This is the inside courtyard of the Riga Cathedral
A lot of the cathedral was destroyed but some pieces like this clock face were saved
Hero Rose need to be on horseback
Some very old stone carving which was recovered in the courtyard
These are just Canon exhibits which I found a little strange to have a cathedral
This was a tribute place to buy the “blackface” which were the merchant associated people with their own large house which is shown later
An extremely ordinate pipe organ
The altar
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
A beautiful stained glass window
Saint Peter’s Church with its very impressive spire
I guess there’s not much more you can say about Belgian beer
A pretty active bar across from the hotel
Beautiful buildings by the park
The regard cathedral
Old gate at the side of the cathedral
It was too snowy and cold to sit down in a small plaza
An ancient style (dark ages) pub which I did not go into since it was too early in the day
In Riga the thing is Amber. Kind of like in Toledo where the thing is swords and knives.
This is the 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
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
This house is a welcoming place for foreign diplomats including the emperor Japan
Some of the beautiful glassware saved
He played in the backface house. Riga had a very strong trading relationship with Bremen Germany and they had an affiliated house in Bremen
This is part of the basement which was not destroyed
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 recent gift to the house
An emblem on the cannon
Beautiful area for ceremonies
Beautifully decorated ceiling
This is the main market nearby for local people
All different kinds of cured meats
Turkish delights and other sweets
On the second floor of the market you order your food from stalls and eat here
Latvianpancakes
Hawaiian poke and Chinese stuff
These are supposed to be Japanese style foods
A nice local building
An ancient tram system still working
An interesting corner building
The Russian Orthodox Church
Inside the Russian church there is no place to sit
The Russian church from the outside
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