After attending my meetings and finishing my work,
(while Arne was taking rest...jealous!),
we continued the sight-seeing around Riga Cathedral area...
And for some reasons,
I must say it was nice to have almost all the shops closed.
(save time, save money lol)
We stayed very near to a shopping center,
named Galerija Centrs
and we could basically find everything we needed
for this trip there,
despite the strict restrictions...
"Basket! basket!"
yes, everyone had to carry one basket
regardless if you were from a same household,
close friends, etc.
The point was to use basket to control
the amount of customers
in the shop....
Finally,
a proper picture of St. John's Church
before having our sunset tour...
We spent the sunset time
at Krastmala,
walking along the Daugava river,
looking at the Stone Bridge, Vanšu Bridge....
No more canal boats
at that time....
After that,
we went back to our hotel before the curfew at 8pm started,
with this little dessert to celebrate Halloween in the hotel room! lol
Day three in Riga,
we started the sightseeing
with Bastejkalna Park....
Piemineklis Džordžam Armitstedam,
Fountain Nymph,
and Laima Clock....
All of a sudden,
we were standing in front of this amazing
Freedrom Monument!
After that,
we continued the sightseeing to other tourist spots...
We came to another side of the city,
totally different from the old town....
We walked across Linden tree alley,
looked through all the modern art & sculptures there...
and then arrived at this
spectacular
Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral.
It was free to visit, but
it was not allowed to take pictures inside.
So, sorry for no pictures to share here...
We then walked a bit around the cathedral,
at this Hare Kingdom park...
From more modern arts to
Raiņa piemineklis...
then the Art Academy of Latvia and
this striking looking
Latvian National Museum of Art...
we suddenly ended up a more...
local restrict....
before reaching the Art Nouveau buildings area....
To be continued....
XOXO
-Bong-
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