Picture the scene – Saturday night and we were both in the mood to find some good beers. After a few days spent in the craft deserts of Jurmala and Ventspils, we arrived in Liepāja with higher hopes. A quick look online showed we might well be in luck, with several places in the New …
A couple of weeks ago as we were leaving the Valmiermuiža brewery tour, our guide gave us a leaflet about the Riga Beer District. Neither Poppy nor I had heard of it before, which seemed a bit strange given the amount of research we’d both done before heading out here. Having read the leaflet and …
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 …
