Latvia

June 14, 2024 Hailey Pryor

Riga

From June 12th to June 14th, 2024

Day 1

Rolled into Latvia from Lithuania - driving from Vilnius. We came straight to dinner at an Italian place called Dilettante. We ordered cheese pizza (Max) and penne arrabbiata (Hailey). The penne was divine! Not expected.
Checked into our hotel: Kempinski Riga

Day 2

Hailey went off to do laundry at a local laundromat
Walked around the city, saw things like the National Opera, beautiful parks, and random art sculptures sprinkled throughout the city.
We went for lunch at an Israeli restaurant called Space Falafel - the food was truly amazing and a breath of fresh air! We ordered a pastrami sandwich (not a usual order!) and it was mouth watering mind blowing. Separately we got some grilled halloumi cheese and a greek salad. Next, lamb pita and chicken pitas arrived. Delish. Just the kind of food comfort we needed.
We walked back to the hotel after lunch and noticed a picture of Putin on the side of the Ukraine embassy. It faces the Russian embassy. I guess the Ukrainian side put it up there to taunt the Russians.
Later that day we went for cocktails at Cloud Nine.
Then we went for Italian food at Bella Napoli. Hailey got the bolognese, Max got the Diavola pizza. We continued to walk around the main city of Riga.

Day 3