🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia | A Pink-Hued Romantic City

✔️Lido buffet brunch. ✅Freedom Monument (guarded by soldiers). ✔️Town Hall Square (home of the world’s first Christmas tree—gone post-holidays). ✅House of the Blackheads (Renaissance landmark, €7 entry). ✔️Riga Cathedral (Baltic’s largest). 📣Central Market (huge, chaotic, authentic). ✔️Three Brothers houses. 📣 Day 3 ✔️St. Peter’s Church (rooftop views!). 📣Cat House (the tail-up cat spells bad luck). ✔️Powder Tower (free military museum). 🔆Jūrmala Beach sunset (train: €1.50, 30min). ✔️Met Italian students, checked into the villa, ate local food + beer. 🔆 Day 4 ✔️Slept in, train back to Riga for Lido round 2. 🔆Strolled Old Town, flew out at 11 PM. 💰 Cost: £88.94 total (4 days, 2 cities, including flights, food, drinks). 📍 Solo Baltic Adventure 💌🇱🇻 Latvia Facts: 💌Under 200 Chinese residents, low English fluency, cheap prices. 0.1% of Chinese people know it exists. 💌Disappearing? Aging population + emigration. Ukraine support: Blue/yellow flags everywhere, but locals weren’t overly warm. ⛱️ Verdict: ✔️Not for resort lovers—no jaw-dropping scenery or bustling energy. ✔️But perfect for offbeat travelers: War-era hostels, €2 beers, raw war reflections. #WorldTravel #Latvia #Riga #Jūrmala