May 2023. Oops. Thursday night should have been the end of our Riga rolics, but with a bus to Kaunas at 2pm we had time to kill on Friday morning. Time to tick most of the remaining items on our To Do list, including the Three Brothers, and the unlisted Colonel, with possibly the best… Continue reading THE SINGING SLOVAKS
Tag: Riga
“It looks like a Scalextric track”. One last Riga craft bar and then we’re off.
May 2023. Pretty much done with Riga now; you can always follow @SirQuinno and @Sir_Doris on Twit if you want more. But you’ll be wanting your Baltic cat before we go; They like their cats in Riga, particularly the ornamental ones, and it’s a city that doesn’t suffer from dog mess, always a blessing of… Continue reading “It looks like a Scalextric track”. One last Riga craft bar and then we’re off.
That Quinten Taylor gets EVERYWHERE
May 2023. Our apartment in Riga behind St Peters was very nice; well-equipped, quirky, and with stellar views into other peoples apartments, always a bonus, But you don’t come to Riga for 36 hours and spent time doing blog posts in your apartment when there’s bars scoring 76 on Rate Beer to visit. Folkklubs Ala… Continue reading That Quinten Taylor gets EVERYWHERE
“Bronze Age Braggot ? Do you have something that tastes like Heineken ?” Oh, how we laughed.
May 2023. You could spend a whole day at Riga’s central markets, particularly if you had a need to stock up on granny knickers and cheese. There’s cutting-edge musical entertainment* on the pavement outside (PRESS PLAY); and historical street art, and fudge. We resisted the fudge, but not the beer. There’s a branch of Labietis,… Continue reading “Bronze Age Braggot ? Do you have something that tastes like Heineken ?” Oh, how we laughed.
RIGA’S MAGIC MARKETS
May 2023. Riga has astonishing architecture, gorgeous parks, quality beer and food, and one of the best art deco streets in Europe. But the reason you MUST go is an indoor market, housed in five (5) old Zeppelin hangers. The ones where they recorded “Physical Graffiti”, I guess. We’d spent seven hours in Riga in… Continue reading RIGA’S MAGIC MARKETS
“Are you here for the ice hockey ?”
May 2023. Central Riga looked a little quiet on our first night, as had Tallinn, but around 6 o’clock the streets started to get a bit lively. In the stunning Molberts saldējums ice cream shop, the young lady asked if we were here for the World Ice Hockey championships starting in Riga that week. “What’s… Continue reading “Are you here for the ice hockey ?”
CORNER BAR, RIGA
May 2023. An aimless amble on our first night in Riga, but then Riga is designed for that. Quite quiet early evening, any cruise ship traffic having long departed for Lithuania. On the corner of the crest emblazened building above Mrs RM spotted a pub. She’s good like that. “Is that one on your silly… Continue reading CORNER BAR, RIGA
TWO MORE BEERS. TOO MANY FISH HEADS.
May 2023. If you visit one place in central Riga, make it Two More Beers. RateBeer doesn’t think so, putting it in the lower half of their Riga bars, but then like Untappd that site seems more interested in the number of exclusive bottles than quality. As so often, the Norwegian reviewer gets it spot… Continue reading TWO MORE BEERS. TOO MANY FISH HEADS.
BALTIC MURK
May 2023. Day 3 of the Baltic Explorer, and a 4:20 hr trip straight south from Tallinn to Riga through an endless forest of newly planted birch and hazel. About £20 each on a Lux coach that didn’t quite mean “luxury” but at least had intermittent WiFi and leg room. Mrs RM had wanted to… Continue reading BALTIC MURK
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