On the coach to Riga!

Day 13 – 21:31 – 07/06/2010 – In Transit, Latvia

I’m sat writing this on the coach between Vilnius and Riga, we’ve crossed the border, about 20 minutes ago and are due to arrive into Riga within the next hour at around 22:25. I’m writing this knowing I can publish is straight away on the blog, with WiFi on the coach. This coach is absolutely amazing, comfortable and has lots of legroom – at least the 8 hour overnight between Tallinn and St Petersburg won’t be too bad now!

So last night after the blog post we went out into old town and walked about 30 minutes each way to a Lithuanian restaurant. Laura opted for a stroganoff, whereas I had “Zeppelins” IE MASSIVE DUMPLINGS. Had to be done really, washed back with a Lithuanian “Baltas” beer, a very light, wheat like beer with a hint of citrus – great on this hot summer days I must admit (although as I’m typing this it’s pissing it down!)

Anyway today we dodged breakfast, eating some stuff we had left over from the day train from Warsaw to Vilnius – packed up slowly and left the bags at the hotel as we walked round Vilnius one last time. We ate a large lunch (sandwiches this evening) and then headed out the other side of the city centre, and walked along the River Neris on the north side of the city. The weather was absolutely beautiful today, and the river side was very tranquil and pretty. After that we slowly walked back via old town, having a drink on the main old town street (I had a Baltas, Laura actually had a cider!!) then back to the hotel.

We are now on the coach. Maybe I can convince Laura to post some pictures from the last few days when we get to our hotel – the wifi isn’t great on the coach which is understandable, so you’ll have to wait a while!