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Good news - yellow leaves look great! Bad news - they are falling down…

This is the one of most beautiful times of year here when leaves tur yellow and red. Just some weeks and then they all will be gone. This time of year is called golden autumn.

Let’s hope for a good weather next week!

Latvian national landmark Freedom monument was built during Latvia’s first independence for the money given by public. In Soviet times there were intentions to destroy the monument but luckily this didn’t work out.

Stones so big - doesn’t look like a beach, but it is! There are place on the Latvian Baltic coast where beaches like this are normal. And with our moderate (sometimes it is called ‘cold’) climate these stones doesn’t get so hot you can’t walk on with bare feet.

Today another tourist photo. The church is St.Peter’s Cathedral. You can go up there and see Old Riga from above. Some nice shots can be made from there. I promise, I will go there and after that post some shots. Someday later.

The red house is called Blackheads House. It was destroyed during World War II along with other buildings forming a city municipality square (called Rātslaukums), but in nineties it was rebuild. There are lots of discussions if it was a right decision or not, but the tourists like this place.

I am back from beautiful holidays in Italy - Campania region and Rome. Fortunately Latvia managed to be rather warm - 20 degrees Celsius, so I will get some time to acclimatize after 30 degrees Celsius in Italy.

Meanwhile - it is mushroom time in Latvia and also in Italy! Again - buon appetito!

And now here one postcard-like picture from the Dome Square.

Tomorrow early I am going on my vacation to Italy, so here will be no pictures for a week. I’ll rest a little bit and will be back with more photos from Latvia. See you then!

Trains once were something Latvians were proud of. We exported them to many republics of Soviet Union. Now we have the same trains here but they are kind of outdated.

Some time ago one Latvian sports store Hawaii Express organized an event to determine which one is faster - train of bycicle. Bycicle won by 45 minutes, the distance was about 100km. Of course much of that was because on poor train tracks, but still - it’s just amazing!

This is not very old tradition here, I suppose it has spread here from some foreign news, but - yes, also in Riga just married couples lock their love on the railings of bridges and throw the key away. And sometimes after so many couples the bridge looks anything but architects wanted it to look like.

Have fun!

One more picture from my walk through Old Riga. This one is a romantic street near Latvian Parliament.