WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

They love cats in Latvia !



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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Dome Square in Old Rīga in August. A total of 149 bears, symbolizing UN countries demonstrating for peace, was a gift from Germany on Latvia's centenary.The blue one represented Belgium.


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NORTHERN COUNTRY TOUR RIGA (Latvia)

In contrast to its smaller neighbours, Riga goes all out with a buzzing atmosphere and impressive Art-Nouveau architecture. Together with Grace our tour leader we went on a walking tour through the city.




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NORTHERN COUNTRIES - RIGA/Latvia-VILNIUS/Lithuania TOWARDS WASSAW/Poland

We stay two days in Warsaw so I had the opportunity to write a bit my "diary".



We stayed again in a beautiful hotel and for the first time in my life, I took a Rickshaw after having visited the very nice and romantic little town.



We were lucky there had been an international peace exhibition with painted bears from all countries in the world asking for peace ! It was really very nice to see what bears all countries had given for this exhibition, I am standing in front of the bear from Benin ! I should have taken Belgium but I liked the red bear.

The next day our bus took us from Riga to Vilnius in Lithuania. I have to say that the landscape in the Baltic countries were very boring. Flat like a pancake and plenty of firs and potato fields. I didn't even see a cow !



But there were also lakes with very nice touristic places. Nearly empty, because not that well known. We had our lunch break at a nice lake in the beautiful sunshine and since we had left Russia the temperatures became warmer and warmer. The place was so nice, I wished I could have stayed there.




Vilnius too was a beautiful town, bigger than Riga but also with a historical city center. We saw some Hare Krishna disciples, which reminded me the 70.

All these towns were very modern, no old rotten cars, elegant shops, and you could pay everywhere with your bank card. For us it was easy because these Baltic countries use Euros. We had thought all prices would be cheaper but besides food and restaurants it was nearly the same as at home.

Next time I will write a bit about Warsaw.