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<\/a>Art Nouveau Building…see the symmetry<\/p><\/div>
<\/a>Walking along the cobblestone streets of the old town<\/p><\/div>
<\/a>Buildings around a town square<\/p><\/div>
\nThere are four Zeppelin hangers here that are now being used as a market. Meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and other locally produced items are sold here. We even found a cannabis paste being sold here legally. The seller had samples for us to try where we put a little of the various flavored pastes on rye bread. It was quite tasty.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Sausage for sale at the market<\/p><\/div>
<\/a>Cannabis vendor<\/p><\/div>
\nWe ate another delicious lunch, then we were on our own for the rest of the day. Linda and I found a Laima Chocolate Shop where we both bought some gifts to take home. This is the premiere chocolate made in the Baltic countries. I bought two kinds of bars: Serenade with apricot, nuts, and dark chocolate and Sarkana Magone with caramel and dark chocolate.<\/p>\n
After breakfast an economist who works for the government talked to us about modern day Latvia’s economy, politics, and important world issues that are important to them. Then a knowledgable young woman guided us through the old town of Rica. … Continue reading <\/a>
\nThen we walked over to Rigas Doms, a cathedral that is holding an organ concert this evening. We bought 10 euro tickets for the 7:00 PM performance where we will hear one of the largest and best organs in Europe. We then took a 30-minute walk back to our hotel to take a break before we return for tonight’s concert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"