Riga - It's Dark Here

In November 2009, the adult version of the Tyvand family attended an AP conference in Riga, Latvia. Highlights included a 5 hour layover in Vienna without children, a hotel with an extensive sauna complex (reminded us of Russian banya experience) in the basement, good restaurants and an evening in downtown Riga.

Given the time of year, the latitude of Latvia, and the fact that we spent our days locked up in meetings, we really only got to see Riga at night. Another way of saying that if you dropped us off there in the daytime we may not recognize the place. Theme of the trip, "Riga, it's dark here".

We spent our first night in the hotel utilizing the extensive sauna system in the basement. One had their choice of sauna rooms based upon temperature. Small pools were available for the inevitable cool down.

Our last evening we explored the historic cobblestone downtown area and celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary.

The daytime picture you see is taken in Jarmala, location of our hotel, approximately 20 km from Riga. Beach resort town, and judging from the photos posted in local restaurants, quite the place to be during the summer months.