Posted on October 05, 2012 by sguese

  Long the key player of the Baltics, Riga pretends it isn’t real. Latvia’s capital shows signs of being funky and vibrant, but its outward appearance is positively medieval. Cinderella could pop out of a shop window. Snow White probably lives next door. Set up on the flat plain divided by the Daugava River, Riga [...]

Posted on January 24, 2012 by sguese

  Unlike its neighbour, Latvia is still very much under the table. Still undiscovered by the tourism masses, Latvia is a country on the verge. Unpretentious and down to earth, Latvia is a place very similar to its neighboring Estonia. For years, the country suffered under Soviet and Nazi occupation. Now, Latvia is coming out [...]