Given that our travel objective is to seek out new cultural experiences from around the world, we pounced at the opportunity to visit Riga - European Capital of Culture, 2014 (shared with Umea, Sweden). Once called the 'Paris of the North', this pretty Baltic city is full of art-nouveau architecture, talented street performing musicians, and living up to its reputation (according to Olie) of having very attractive women. Whilst this was a short stay - 1 night followed by a trip to neighbouring Vilnius, Lithuania; we enjoyed walking around the city and soaking up the cultural atmosphere.
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3 October 2014
Riga, Latvia
Given that our travel objective is to seek out new cultural experiences from around the world, we pounced at the opportunity to visit Riga - European Capital of Culture, 2014 (shared with Umea, Sweden). Once called the 'Paris of the North', this pretty Baltic city is full of art-nouveau architecture, talented street performing musicians, and living up to its reputation (according to Olie) of having very attractive women. Whilst this was a short stay - 1 night followed by a trip to neighbouring Vilnius, Lithuania; we enjoyed walking around the city and soaking up the cultural atmosphere.