Many opportunities for entertainment in Riga. First off, I got an excellent seat for a performance of The Marriage of Figaro (opera) for about $10! Wahoo! Second, I stayed at this hostel called Friendly Fun Frank's, run by this Australian guy named-what else-Frank. When you walk in the door at Frank's they promptly offer you a free bottle of Latvian beer and then ask if you would be interested in a) going bobsledding on the Riga bobsled track, b) learning how to shoot an AK-47 in an old soviet bunker, or c) going out for a night on the town with Frank and his staff of enthusiastic, young Latvians. Due to a variety of circumstances and personal preferences, I didn't join Frank for any of his friendly fun this time around (except the beer-I didn't want to be rude). However, if I ever go back to Riga on a weekend with the appropriate level of craziness, I will for sure be joining the bobsled team.
Above: Dom Cathedral and square; guard and construction workers at the Royal Palace; Orthodox Cathedral (used as a planetarium during the Soviet era)-still rather celestial, don't you think?; the House of Blackheads at night
3 comments:
Moni, The opera sounded wonderful! And Friendly Fun Frank didn't sound too bad either. Your passport must be getting awfully full by now. Time to get more pages added?
-S
Actually, the last time I crossed a border I started to wonder what would happen if I ran out of stamping spaces in my passport. Not to worry, though; I counted. I should have just enough space...for this trip :)
Oh my dear darlin. . . Bobsledding my ass! This coming from the girl who was afraid to go down the fire slide at Broadwater alone, and so we always had to go together! Nevermind that I had to be in front so that you could hide behind my head and squeeze the life out of me as we decended down the twisting 3 seconds of peril. Love ya Darling!
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