LatviaRiga56°56’48” N 24°6’26” E
29. toukokuuta 2022, Latvia ⋅ ⛅ 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.
LatviaVecrīga56°56’56” N 24°6’23” E
30. toukokuuta 2022, Latvia ⋅ ☁️ 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 questionableLue lisää
LatviaRiga Ferry Port56°57’25” N 24°6’30” E
30. toukokuuta 2022, Latvia ⋅ ☁️ 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 throughLue lisää
LatviaCentrs56°57’29” N 24°7’27” E
30. toukokuuta 2022, Latvia ⋅ ☁️ 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 innerLue lisää
LatviaRiga56°56’36” N 24°7’14” E
30. toukokuuta 2022, Latvia ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Finally two stops in Riga was the Soviet Empire State Building, and one of the largest markets in the world.
ViroTorupilli59°25’38” N 24°46’25” E
30. toukokuuta 2022, Viro ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
One final stop on the tour Tallin, Estonia 🇪🇪
ViroKalasadam59°26’35” N 24°44’58” E
31. toukokuuta 2022, Viro ⋅ 🌧 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.
ViroToompea59°26’21” N 24°44’48” E
31. toukokuuta 2022, Viro ⋅ 🌧 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.Lue lisää
ViroToompea59°26’12” N 24°45’4” E
31. toukokuuta 2022, Viro ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
ViroTallinn Harbour59°26’46” N 24°45’13” E
31. toukokuuta 2022, Viro ⋅ 🌧 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 itLue lisää
