Our Christmas Vacation (Part 5)

LATVIA

Riga was our last planned stop on our grand excursion and it was pretty nice as well. It really reminded us of Tallinn in some ways...mainly the old town...which is a good thing!!


So in Riga we walked around the town a lot in the old town and the new areas. We went to the Latvian Occupational Museum which was good as well and very informative. Other than that we didn't do a heck of a lot; just checked everything out.

Here are some pictures of the old town:

Here are some Christmas pictures from the old town and the new town:

Since we were here for more than enough days we decided to go to Lithuania for the day to a town close by. We got on a bus earlier in the morning and headed to Siauliai. This was a very small town and not that touristy but it was quite nice and just great to squeeze in another country! It was a really nice change in the scenery and change of pace for us compared to Latvia. In Siauliai we just walked around a bit....not that much to see, hung out in cafe's to warm up a bit and that's all really! It was fun though.

Here are a couple pictures of what we saw there:

Brian and Louise hope that you have enjoyed the pictures and info from our Christmas adventure in Eastern Europe and look forward to hearing your comments about it and see what you think!!

Soon to be posted are photos from Switzerland, our first Snowboarding trip here, and the Poland and Belgium trips! Also there will be photos of the children, Emma and Leo, soon as well!