A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Riga, Latvia by TravelPod blogger Lostalready titled "Riga, Latvia" Lostalready's travel blog entry: "Heading North in the Baltic countries (that chunk of land between Russia and Scandinavia on the Baltic sea) our next stop after Lithuania is Latvia. The locals tell us sadly that when they travel overseas and tell people they are from Latvia, the response is generally 'oh, Latvia. where is that again?'. Perhaps not so surprising considering that on our travels we have met some people who now believe that Norway is next to New Zealand, and who have complimented us on our English (it must be hard after speaking Australian). After tiny Vilnius, the Latvian capital of Riga feels enormous (population wise it is smaller than Perth) although, it only took us 15 minutes by bike from the city center to lose ourselves in the forest. The 10 minutes on the cobbled streets felt like hours though. We rode to Jurmala, a seaside resort on the gulf of Riga where it was still too cold to swim, or even take your coat off outside. The long stretches of white sand beach do look nice in the photos though. Riga is chock full of museums and monuments, one of the highlights is the motor museum with a collection of cars and motorbikes from pre war to Soviet era. Not usually my cup of tea, the interesting part are the cars ordered by the Stalin and his cronies, such as the 7.5 tonne armored limos with 6cm thick iron plating. The architecture is ...