Riga, Latvia
June 14, 2004 - June 16, 2004

After 1 month in Poland I was out of time for the Baltic's, so I only made it to Riga, the capital, 
but my camera got stolen in Russia, so all the pictures from Riga have been lost anyway. =(

Riga was a cool town that had old and new.  The old town was rambling and of decent 
size, while the new town was huge.  It went on a long way in 2 directions.  A lot of it was soviet 
style apartment blocks, but they had their own character, unlike the ones in Russia which 
all look the same.

I went to the opera here, but can't recommend it, as it seemed amateur compared to other operas. 
The hostel I stayed in was the Old Town Hostel right on the edge of old town near the train and
bus station.  It was convenient, but on the dirty side.

Wish I had pictures, because the old town was nicer than Vilnius.