Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Vilnius to Riga
We like Riga. It has thrown off the yoke of communism and Russia and now looks west like in its Hanseatic League past.
It still has some buildings from its Stalinist past as well as any new buildings.
The journey up from near Vilnius was quite long, but we saw lots of white storks including 5 in the air and one on a nest with a baby stork.
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