LettlandRiga56°56’48” N 24°6’26” E
29. Mai 2022 in Lettland ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Dinner tonight is at Folkklubs Ala Pagrabs, a traditional Latvian restaurant complete with mountains of food, cheap beer (£1.80) and of course a live Portuguese band.
LettlandVecrīga56°56’56” N 24°6’23” E
30. Mai 2022 in Lettland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Starting the day with a walking tour of the old town of Riga, the guide pointed out so many things that we would have otherwise missed, including the German history of the town- their questionableWeiterlesen
LettlandRiga Ferry Port56°57’25” N 24°6’30” E
30. Mai 2022 in Lettland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Next stop is the Art Nouveau, as natural Riga has the highest concentration of such designed buildings in the world. And the embassy quarter, unsurprisingly citizens have taken aim at Putin throughWeiterlesen
LettlandCentrs56°57’29” N 24°7’27” E
30. Mai 2022 in Lettland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
KGB Offices, these building originally an apartment block became home to the KGB during the Soviet times in Latvia. The tour took from the entrance through to the secret doorway into the innerWeiterlesen
LettlandRiga56°56’36” N 24°7’14” E
30. Mai 2022 in Lettland ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Finally two stops in Riga was the Soviet Empire State Building, and one of the largest markets in the world.
EstlandTorupilli59°25’38” N 24°46’25” E
30. Mai 2022 in Estland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
One final stop on the tour Tallin, Estonia 🇪🇪
EstlandKalasadam59°26’35” N 24°44’58” E
31. Mai 2022 in Estland ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Morning walk around Tallinn old town… before the rain hit, and it flooded everywhere. We took sanctuary in the Le Coq. Little did we know we would be back in here many times.
EstlandToompea59°26’21” N 24°44’48” E
31. Mai 2022 in Estland ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Well the rain had continued all day so we took decided to visit the KGB prison in Tallinn. Once again the government decided to transform this into a modern police prison after the soviets had left.Weiterlesen
EstlandToompea59°26’12” N 24°45’4” E
31. Mai 2022 in Estland ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
EstlandTallinn Harbour59°26’46” N 24°45’13” E
31. Mai 2022 in Estland ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Now called Linnahall after Tallinn, this was built in the 1970’s by Lenin for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. It has been used for multiple things since, including being in the film Tenet. But itWeiterlesen
