different this time.

I have gotten myself to Riga. This time, the plane was filled with annoying semi-drunk Fins. To experience the difference, get on a community bus 7 in the morning and enjoy the silence. These guys however were loud and tested the nerves of the cabin crew. We however made it to Riga airport and I got to my hostel. The "naughty squirrel" hostel is a lot smaller than franks, and thus, has less people. It thus is also calmer (apparently). My first impression was ok. I'll present more scrutiny at a later time. One thing that does bother me is the noise from the back yard to which I have my window, there are cooling units there that make a lot of noise. I fear they will disturb my night sleep. And I left my earplugs at home thinking I would not need them. Bad move.

Riga again!

I was so impressed with the Baltics, and Riga in particular that I decided to go there again. And match my timing with an ongoing mini-YSA conference (YSA stands for young single adults and refers to singles in the age group 18-30). Mini-conference means that it will be quite short, just overnight. YSA conferences in Finland are usually 3 days, and the big ones (Festinord) can be 5 days long. But I will arrive a day early and leave a day late so that I can see some more sights. I in particular want to see the Palac Kultur of Riga, the one in Warsawa was pretty cool. I might do that on early friday. Who knows. Also, I am staying one night in the tried and proven fantastic franks hostel. But I also will spent one night in the "naughty squirrel hostel", it's got superb ratings. I got to try it out. Right now, I have yet to get done with my packing, get train tickets (I'll do that tomorrow before departing), fix a place to stay on sunday night and get rid of my perishables (eat themm not throw), this last mentioned will be a hard task. The pictures shows maps, money of different kinds, memory cards, flashlight (good and well proven maglite 2D led), passport... I love my flashlights, they are reliable in peace and emergency alike! More loyal than a dog :)