Sunday
30th March 2003 (Heathrow & Riga) |
![It's a sign](balt_042_small.jpg) |
A topical sign in
these turbulent times? |
![NOT our plane](balt_044_small.jpg) |
Another sign,
less funny. |
![Paul & Richie](balt_047_small.jpg) |
Richie, Paul and
someone else, in Dickens. |
![2 Braveheart extras](balt_049_small.jpg) |
Paul and Helen,
rugged up, in A La. |
![Helen and her poncho](balt_050_small.jpg) |
A La, from the
toilets. |
![A La on a Sunday night](balt_051_small.jpg) |
Chris and Helen,
in A La again |
![Paul, Helen's poncho and his paunch](balt_052_small.jpg) |
Mexicano? |
![Look's welcoming?](balt_054_small.jpg) |
The only
indication that there's a bar here. |
Monday
31st March 2003 (Riga & Bus Journey) |
![Riga over the river](balt_060_small.jpg) |
Riga castle from
in front of the Radisson SAS hotel (on the bus tour) |
![Riga over the river](balt_061_small.jpg) |
The church spires
across the Daugava. |
![Riga over the river](balt_062_small.jpg) |
Another city
panorama |
![Cap'n Fishy](balt_063_small.jpg) |
Paul, complete
with Sou'wester, on the river bank. |
![Fancy a swim?](balt_064_small.jpg) |
The Radisson SAS,
complete with frozen lagoon |
![A reminder of the recent past](balt_065_small.jpg) |
A remaining
Soviet monument in a Riga residential district. |
![Helen in the snow](balt_071_small.jpg) |
Helen by the
Freedom Monument in the snow |
![Riga city centre](balt_072_small.jpg) |
The famous "Laima
Clock" - meeting place for Rigans young and old |
![Big Chris, taken by Wee Chris](balt_079_small.jpg) |
Paul & Helen
with Big Christopher, Riga's patron saint |
![House of the Blackheads](balt_085_small.jpg) |
The dramatic
facade of the House of the Blackheads - an old Hanseatic trade guild
from the middle ages. |
![House of the Blackheads](balt_086_small.jpg) |
The Blackheads'
door |
![Helen](balt_087_small.jpg) |
The back of Helen |
![Two of Riga's premier attractions](balt_089_small.jpg) |
The ornate House
of the Blackheads next to the stark Museum of Occupation |
![Paul & Helen](balt_092_small.jpg) |
Helen and Paul in
Tim McShanes for lunch |
![Baltic Express](balt_095_small.jpg) |
A train, Lativa-style
(we had to wait 10 minutes at a level crossing for this!) |
![The wheels on the bus](balt_097_small.jpg) |
Chris on the bus |
![Forest dwelling folk](balt_101_small.jpg) |
The Inverness
Boys and Chris at the pit stop, just over the border |
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