Riga plaza

A big shopping center with a art gallery on the other side of the Daugava river.
Een groot winkelcentrum met een tentoonstellong aan de andere kant van de Daugava rivier
Zakusala & Daugava

On my way back home to appartment I needed to cross a bridge accross the Daugava river and walked a bit over Zakasala island.
Op weg naar het appartement moest ik een brug over de Daugava rivier lopenOkumaya devam et
Vērmane Garden & Mikhail Tall

Just a small garden and then randomly found a small statue of Mikhail Tall :D (Chess world champion from Riga/USSR), maybe ill be going to his old home later. Furtherly, it was just a nice and quietOkumaya devam et
Latvian History museum P1: Constitution

The first room of the musem was all about the making of the constitution of 1922 (+changes after independence) and the timeline of it, it was made in a very cool manner with screen where people areOkumaya devam et
LHM p2: prehistory/prehistorie

A small part about how the ancient people moved to Latvia and what they did bring with them (its kinda the same as everywhere in europe).
Een klein stukje over hoe de prehistorische mensen naarOkumaya devam et
LHM: p3: Livonian order - 1900

This part was about the Livonian order , the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth and the occupation by the Russian Empire
LHM P4: SU Occupation / bezetting

LHM P5: others/overig

Coins and some history about photography
Munten en wat geschiedenis over fotografie
Cathedral / Kathedraal & Park

Riga city center

I realised that I havent been to the ciry center yet so I decided to take a look, there was a cute souvenir shop and then just some squares and a shopping mall. I gotta say it looks very nice.
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Dinner : AKA Latvian cuisine

I saw a small restaurant that like the name suggests, makes Latvian cuisine. I got some rye bread at first and then the Stroganoff. I gotta say that it tastes pretty good and would go here more oftenOkumaya devam et
Kronvalda park

After food, I wanted to go back to the appartment for a bit before going on a walk in the evening, but I knew that I didnt go to the Kronvalda yet so I decided to go there first
Na het eten wou imOkumaya devam et
Evening walk/ avond park

I wanted to walk a bit more during the evening and go further into the outskirts of the city, I found some parks to go through and then a stadium. I went through the following:
I wou in de avond nogOkumaya devam et
Sakura Garden / Tuin

A nice garden with lots of nice flora. There are a lot sakura trees giving by Japan to Riga.
A leuke tuin met veel leuke Flora. Er zijn vele Sakura bomen hier die door japan gegeven zijn aan Riga
Last hours in Riga

I wanted to stay in the city for a bit longer so I decided to take a later train instead of the bus at 17:30, so thats why I went to the garden first and then I was just walking around the city centerOkumaya devam et
Trein naar / Train to Cesis

I left Riga at 17:30 in a train where every chair is filled, luckily I had a place where I could sit.
I verliet Riga om 17:30 in een trein waar elke stoel bezet is, ik had gelukkig wel een plaats omtlOkumaya devam et
Arrival / aankomst Cesis

Arrived in Cesis at 18:46 and arrived at the appartment 20 min later.
Aangekomen in Cesis om 18:46 aan aangekomen in het appartement 20 minuten later
Ruckas park

A small little park closeby the appartment inclusive a timeline about the history of the park
Een klein parkje dichtbij het appartement met een tijdlijn over de geschiedenis van het park
Train station area / treinstationsgebied

City center

Took a walk in the evening to see what the city center is like, its kinda small tbh and not a lot to do but it looks nice atleast.
Ging voor een wandeling in de avond om te kijken naar hoe hetOkumaya devam et
Cēsis castle outdoor/buiten

Cēsis castle is where I will be going tomorrow but I was walking near it, so I did go to its outdoor area anyway
Kasteel Cēsis is waar ik morgen naartoe ga, maar ik was al dichtbij dus ging maarOkumaya devam et
Cēsis castle 1

The ticket was 10 euro and with it, you could both go to the castle and the museum about the history of Cēsis. This is the outside area in between te main walls, where there was a jewellery smith,Okumaya devam et
CC2: courtyard / binnenplaats

You can see the courtyard of the castle here, there were 4 towes before, but they were destroyed throughout the centuries, there is also a bit about after the Russians finally took Cesis Castle fromOkumaya devam et
CC3: West Tower / Westerse Toren

Most of the exhibition here was in de western tower oppossed to the southern one. There was a cool video which shows the history ofnthe castle with how its made, some fires thay destroyed it and more.Okumaya devam et
CC4: South Tower / Zuiderlijke toren

The southern tower had a bit less. It had some videos with sound from people working there in the past and old artifacts found in the castle.
De zuidelijke toren had iets minder dingen. Het had watOkumaya devam et