Today we started off with a bus tour of New Riga. Our guide showed us the Art Nouveau buildings constructed in the 1900′s.  Approximately every 3rd building is  Art Nouveau. There are two styles, a National Romanticism style which is slightly plainer than the full out Art Nouveau, which has statues of nude women and [...]

Continue reading about Day 77 – Monday, September 28th, Riga, Latvia

Russ and I left Vancouver for the last leg of our trip on Friday, September 25th, at 6:45 p.m. It was a KLM flight and the plane was an old timer, I believe it was a MD 11.  We sat in the very first seat which gives you extra leg room, you just have to [...]

Continue reading about Day 76 – Saturday, Sunday, September 26th, 27th, Vancouver to Riga, Latvia

Today was our trip home to Vancouver! The weather was again fantastic and Edgars, our driver took us to the airport in Riga at 10:30 a.m. Edgars and his wife are holding all our stuff in his apartment until we return which was very kind of them.  They were just married one month ago and [...]

Continue reading about Day 75 – Friday, September 11th, 2009 – Riga, Latvia to Vancouver