Stephens Adventures: November 2013

The last stop in my little mini trip was Riga. When I was on the walking tour in Vilnius I'd met a couple of cool girls from Riga who'd offered to show me around. They wouldn't be back in in Riga until my last day there, so I'd also have to do some of my own exploring.

I arrived in the evening and quickly started by checking out a couple of bars and finding some dinner. After an early night, I decided to kick off the next day with the walking tour. The walking tour was great and was almost entirely outside of the old town.

We then decided that we had to see the beach. We took the train out and wandered down the beach a some, but it was a little cold and windy. Luckily we had seen a bar while walking from the train to the beach, so we went there and enjoyed a couple of nice pints. The beach however, was amazing and I will definitely have to go back to Riga in the summer to enjoy it!

After arriving back at the hostel I discovered that Team Briton had arrived (unexpectedly), so we all sampled the "Tipsy Sally" drinking game, which was rather entertaining. (Also rather effective!). After another night on the town I met up with my new friend from Vilnius who gave me the personal tour.

The personal tour was great! We wandered around the old town, went to a great bakery, and I enjoyed some traditional food and a glass of traditional Riga black balsam. After all this I managed to grab my bag and only had to run about 2 blocks to make it to the bus for the airplane. (The bus passed me and I had to chase it down)