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You absolutely must to get gide and have an excursion around old Riga. I try to interest You: Imagine, how does look like Cat's house? How does look lioke Hous of Blackhead? What can You see /panaramic view/ from Tower of St.Peter?
Are You interested? Come and see it!
Want to know why those bildings are named so? -Come and listen it by Yourself! Leave a Comment
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 by iriko
This is the greatest Baltic suvenire You can take with You as piece of Latvia Leave a Comment
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 Riga Art Nouveau
architecture by vairab
With a population nearing 1 million, Riga is also the largest city in the Baltics. Its geographical location gives it the role of the leading regional centre.
This is a modern European city. It has an abundance of restaurants, pubs, cafes, and night-clubs. The cuisine is excellent. The old Town is home to countless galleries and every visitor can become part of the art scene by buying quality art works or visiting museums that reveal the treasures of the cultural history of Riga. Riga has always boasted a very rich quality of musical life both in the concert halls as well as the Latvian National Opera. Leave a Comment
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Shopping seems to be a very active pastime in Riga.
Shops are open 7 days a week and late in the evening. Not quite up to Western European standard yet, but getting here fast.
Centrs
Audeja 16
This shopping centre in the old town would should satisfy most needs. Very good range of shops.
I also has an information desk where you can get a copy of “City Paper”, a guide in English to the 3 Capitals of the Baltic States for free. This is a very useful guide. Well worth having. Leave a Comment
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When you get to Riga, pick up a copy of “Riga in your Pocket”. This is one of the “In Your Pocket” guides, which are currently covering a very large area of Eastern Europe. This is a guide you cannot be without. The cost is 0.60 lats (£ Ir 1). You can read the entire guide, in advance of your trip, at
www.inyourpocket.com
but still purchase it when you arrive, as you do really need to have it “In Your Pocket”
Great to plan your next activity, while you have a coffee or beer. Leave a Comment
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The Latvians appear to be a very pleasant, polite people, reserved like their neighbors in Estonia and Lithuania but by no means unfriendly.
Tourists will find Latvians personable and helpful; but in Latvia, as in other east European countries, American tourists should try their best not to be pushy or over-talkative, and thus make nuisances of themselves. Leave a Comment
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Westerners may be annoyed with slow service and taciturn waiters or clerks in stores and restaurants. 'Service with a smile' and 'The customer is always right' are maxims alien to former Communist countries - and the Baltic peoples are usually a reserved lot anyway. This takes some getting used to, but don't take it personally. They are trying just as hard to get used to western tourists that often seem overbearing and condescending. Leave a Comment
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They usually speak Russian.
But in there, Russian have to take exam in Latvian to obtain citizenship. It is very hard situation, because they hadn't use it before Latvia was independent in 1992. Leave a Comment
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Aldaris beer ... mmmmmm.... :)) Really nice stuff - try it when you get there! Leave a Comment
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During this little one day trip we had a great guide who taught us a bit Latvian, the most needed words ... I tried to thank buying the beer and it worked out :))
So ... there some words:
good morning - "Labryt"
good afternoon - "Labdien"
good evening - "Labvakar"
thanks - "Paldias" ... and they usually answer - "Lucu" (i guess this means "please")
sorry (polite form) - "Atvanojam"
let's dance - "Padejokim" (if u want to ask some attractive Latvian guy or girl for a dance)
If i'm wrong, plz correct me ... :)) Leave a Comment
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