When discussing some of the most notable historical museums in Riga it seems somewhat absurd referring to them as historical as many of the events are with living memory of the population. Many museums of this nature in the city are free entry, with donations suggested, a clear indication that these histories are not to …
Our very first visit to Riga back in 2016 mainly involved sampling the bars of the Old Town – in fact, it was where Poppy discovered her love of “Medalus”, or Latvian honey beer. We arrived back to the city a month after we’d left for Estonia hoping to relive some of that first trip, …
Poppy and I aren’t exactly known for our love of hot weather, so we thought Latvia in May would be a safe option. How wrong we were. We arrived in Cēsis (average May temperature 17°C) to find the thermometer pushing 30°C even in the shade, hence the title of this blog post! Having had a …
We’d successfully navigated the Latvian railway system and arrived in the town of Valmiera, our first stop back in Latvia, with a plan. Ask the tourist information centre there and even they will tell you that the only reason many people visit the town is for a tour of the Valmiermuiža brewery. Not surprisingly, this …
In preparation for this trip we have been using the Lonely Planet Baltics book to help formulate our route. Despite there being no mention of Valga, we decided to stop there as it is one of the main border towns between Estonia and Latvia – the border runs through the centre of the town. We …
As we came to the end of the Estonian leg of our trip, we decided that we should probably drink up some of the bottles we’d collected over the past three weeks or so (it also meant we wouldn’t have to carry them around any longer!). We took advantage of a quiet evening in Võru …
