Latvia: Riga

And so it was onto Riga we went...another beautiful capital city in the Baltics! More cobbled streets and great medieval architecture. 😍One thing we didn't know, is that it's actually the basketball world cup on at the moment. The 2nd thing we didn't know, is how big basketball is as a sport in these Baltic countries!🤯 The pubs are packed and they've even got fan parks for this! We've also been fortunate enough to see each team since Finland playing whilst in their home country. I've never really been into Basketball, but I must say, it is tough not to enjoy it when there's a whole crowd of people cheering! Anyways, we found one of these fan parks in Riga and it was very exciting when Latvia beat Spain to get through to the QFs which they are playing tomorrow.
Our attention in Riga then turned to the food. We still felt like we hadn't had a proper engagement supper, so we managed to get a spot at a really quaint little restaurant serving traditional Latvian cuisine. This place ended up being great! Emz had potato pancakes with pickled herring as a starter and fried herring with mash as a main. I had a grey pea salad (peas which are only grown in Latvia which is quite cool) and EEL (yep, eel! 1st time over ever eaten it) and mash as a main. We both quite liked the eel despite Emz's initial trepidations. We then shared another interesting dish called a rye bread soup for dessert. Overall another good stay in a Baltic capital and it was now time to see what the Latvian countryside had to offer!Read more