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| 3 Our Hotel the Monte Kristo Hotel
| 4 Dinner that night at a Steak house, in old town Riga.
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29 Riga Castle
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| 31 Oldest Bar in Riga, right across from out favorite little "Harley" Bar!
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| 34 The Freedom Monument
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49 The Canal which runs though Riga
| 50 Looking towards the Latvian Clock from Freedom Statue
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| 52 The "Sand Tower", which has a museum!
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81 Rozentals...like Tal's cousins name
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| 87 University of Riga, where Tal's father went to School
| 88 Tal leaning on the base of a column that used to be there in a picture of his father at the University.
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| 98 To the town of Sigulda, "Little Switzerland of Latvia"
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| 100 Going into the Grounds of the Sigulda Manor with the Medieval ruins behind it.
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| 103 Cricket and the Latvian Lady Statue
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| 126 Gutmana Cave in Sigulda
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| 130 Little Church on the Grounds of the Turaida Castle.
| 131 Turaida Castle (Pils..Castle)
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| 156 Down here is the place where they have a festival of dancing every year. (like the ya-ya Sisterhood)
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| 158 Back in Riga and a little bridge in the park. It has locks all over it!
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| 160 Our Favorite little bar, right around the corner from our hotel.
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| 163 enjoying dinner!
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165 This is a dinning Restaurant where you eat in the sky. No, we didn't eat there!
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| 167 Market place it the morning!
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169 3 market buildings with any kind of food you can buy!
| 170 Harley Shop in Riga
| 171 Flower Vendors around the city central
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| 174 The Cat House
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| 191 We are going by train to the Sea Side Village of Jurmala.
| 192 Getting of at the Majori Station in Jurmala
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| 219 Old Jurmala beach resort
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| 239 Going to a little Bazaar in Riga
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| 244 Road to the Balic Sea in Saulkrasti Latvia, about 1 1/2 hour train ride North of Riga
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245 Beach at Saulkrasti, not as "Touristy" as Jurmala
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| 267 Back in Riga for a canal ride!
| 268 This boat is the Darling and is 107 years old!
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