November 30, 2009
- Touch Up In Riga
My last day in riga was a cold grey rainy day.
Kris was not that pleased at having to escort me to the airport at such an early hour. It was around 8 am when we left the apartment. My last time that I would see Terbatas Street
A couple of days earlier I had ditched the [...]
October 18, 2009
- The Reid Boys Have a Lucky Escape
One cold night in Riga, Kris and I were down in “old Riga” having a beer. We were just shooting the breeze and people watching when we noticed some girls across the way in a bar looking at us. Being too lazy to go over we beckoned to them to come over to us.
Surprisingly, they [...]
October 10, 2009
- Hell Train From Riga
I poured a couple of stiff ones into our juice bottles. Meanwhile Kris and I discussed all sorts of world problem solving situations . We got up to go to the smokers lounge which caught the girls eye so I said “please make sure you look after our stuff” one of them replied “We will if you give us a chocolate” Now quite by a rare chance I had bought a snickers at the station so I dived into my bag of goodies and dragged it out. I handed it over to her and loved the shocked look on her face.
September 10, 2009
- Getting An Apartment In Riga
We arrived in Riga from Turkey on the afternoon of Wednesday 2nd September. We took a bus form the airport and made our way to “Old Riga”. The picture below gives a bit of a glimpse as well as Kris with a mustache, a hangover from Turkey I think.
On Thursday we began talking to real [...]
