Friday
4th April 2004 (Bus Journey & Riga) |
![The staff wing](balt_277_small.jpg) |
The staff room at
the City Gate |
![Vilnius apartment](balt_280_small.jpg) |
A Vilnius suburb |
![It's a sign](balt_282_small.jpg) |
Helen at the
Services |
![Davie takes the sensible "no-food, long-coach-journey" approach](balt_284_small.jpg) |
Davie and Shannon |
![I thought I saw a puddycat](balt_286_small.jpg) |
The stowaway |
![I deed, I deed](balt_288_small.jpg) |
Helen and Shannon
on the bus |
![It's a sign](balt_289_small.jpg) |
We've arrived |
![Out of the window](balt_291_small.jpg) |
The view from the
hotel window |
![Out of the window](balt_292_small.jpg) |
The Konventa Seta
(Convent Yard) itself |
![No need](balt_294_small.jpg) |
It's a sign |
![It was cold](balt_296_small.jpg) |
The frozen canal |
![Helen by the Freedom Monument](balt_297_small.jpg) |
Helen and the
Freedom Monument |
![Riga from on high](balt_299_small.jpg) |
The view from the
Skyline Bar window |
![Riga from on high](balt_300_small.jpg) |
The other window,
with the Skonto stadium |
![Riga by night](balt_302_small.jpg) |
The blizzard by
night |
![Look - a beard just like yours](balt_303_small.jpg) |
Window dressing -
does this restaurant serve beaver? (Long story, but apparently
it's like chewy beef). |
![Helen and Shannon](balt_304_small.jpg) |
Helen and Shannon |
![In Runcis](balt_306_small.jpg) |
In Runcis |
![In Runcis](balt_307_small.jpg) |
And again, with a
little local colour |
![In Runcis](balt_308_small.jpg) |
And again, with
the bike barely visible |
![An underground, techno pool bar](balt_309_small.jpg) |
Helen and Shannon
in Klondaika pool bar |
![Chris blends in](balt_310_small.jpg) |
Chris and an
ornament |
![Da boyz](balt_311_small.jpg) |
The boys |
![Plastic Paddy Pub time](balt_312_small.jpg) |
Paddy Whelans |
![Romantic late night photo time](balt_314_small.jpg) |
Davie and Shannon |
![Davie proves it was snowing](balt_315_small.jpg) |
A Latvian snowman |
Saturday
5th April 2004 (Riga) |
![Full fitted](balt_318_small.jpg) |
The kitchen sink |
![The front door](balt_320_small.jpg) |
Konventa Seta
hotel (highly recommended) |
![Riga from on high](balt_323_small.jpg) |
The view from the
church spire |
![Riga from on high](balt_324_small.jpg) |
The view from the
church spire |
![Riga from on high](balt_325_small.jpg) |
The view from the
church spire |
![Riga from on high](balt_326_small.jpg) |
The view from the
church spire |
![Riga from on high](balt_327_small.jpg) |
The view from the
church spire |
![Riga from on high](balt_329_small.jpg) |
The view from the
church spire |
![Riga from on high](balt_330_small.jpg) |
The view from the
church spire |
![Riga from on high](balt_331_small.jpg) |
The view from the
church spire |
![Riga from on high](balt_332_small.jpg) |
The view from the
church spire |
![And a weather vane](balt_333_small.jpg) |
A
giant cock |
![Helen talks to the animals](balt_336_small.jpg) |
Helen and some
animals |
![Scene of the crime](balt_340_small.jpg) |
The Olympiahalle
(scene of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest) |
![Boddingtons and Barcelona in the Baltics](balt_344_small.jpg) |
Helen outside FC
Barcelona |
![The market](balt_346_small.jpg) |
The Zeppelin
market |
![A stalinist building](balt_347_small.jpg) |
Stalin's
Birthday Cake |
![no comment needed](balt_349_small.jpg) |
Yes, it does say
John Lemon |
![Riga backstreet](balt_350_small.jpg) |
An
atmospheric backstreet |
![A cafe in the snow](balt_360_small.jpg) |
Helen, outside a
cafe, in a blizzard |
![The famous Three Brothers](balt_356_small.jpg) |
The Three
Brothers |
![I'll have a "Screaming Lady Boy" please](balt_362_small.jpg) |
Paul with his
Balsam Ice Cream (very nice) |
![Eat like a horse? Just bring me the horse](balt_363_small.jpg) |
Shannon
and her Latvian feast |
![Snowflakes](balt_364_small.jpg) |
Helen, Davie and
Shannon in the snow |
![Romantic late night photo time](balt_365_small.jpg) |
Paul and Helen |
![Romantic late night photo time](balt_366_small.jpg) |
Davie &
Shannon |
![Can you hear... ?](balt_369_small.jpg) |
The snow outside
Amsterdama |
![In the snow](balt_371_small.jpg) |
Saying goodbye |
![Aarrgh, it's growing](balt_372_small.jpg) |
Standing out in
the flashlight |
Sunday
6th April 2004 (Riga Airport & Home) |
![Hidden camera reality shot](balt_373_small.jpg) |
The usual
suspects in Riga International |
![Scott, Allan and David](balt_375_small.jpg) |
Looking shifty |
![pants](balt_380_small.jpg) |
David and his
pants |
![What de-icer looks like, close up.](balt_382_small.jpg) |
The de-icer
running down the outside of the plane (NOT the fallout from Paul's burst
blister) |
![There's a foot under there](balt_384_small.jpg) |
Back home, to
comfier shoes! |
![cracking up](balt_385_small.jpg) |
It's moving! |