Heyy happy Tuesday ✨🫶 hope you’re all having a great week! Have you got a heatwave where you are?! We’re keeping cool up here, no heatwave for us, yet at least😎 lots of love and stay safe 💕
That's so crazy. I love van life videos, so I stumbled across yours one day. In fact I am from Latvia, so seeing something so forgein such as van life in my homeland is so odd. Because Latvia is so small I know every single place so well, so it's quite weird seeing others calling "Sigulda" a "near by town" and Riga a "big city":) But the video is great, I loved it!
Riga and Sigulda. 2 places i would recomend to visit in Latvia. The 3rd thing would be night life, and people in Riga. Very good "alternative" scene.There is some interesting comunities and events, check out "Free Riga" for example. Dunno how active they still are though. But there was a time, you as a foreigner could even get a free place to stay for some time, with a house full of artists and individuals as a company...
Love Thomas & Isabelle. Thomas just gave his seat to someone in need, on the bus. What a gentleman. Its not the places they are traveling, rather the nice persons they are. Every once in a while I discover something about Thomas or Isabelle, that touches me. I watch them from a far, but they feel so close to me. They make a glorious couple. They complement one another. I take an example from Thomas & Isabelle , to better myself.
Riga looks a really interesting place. That food market reminds me of the one housed in the Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia (a must see if your route takes you that way) 😊
Hi! I started following you guys because I was homesick and wanted to see new and updated videos from Estonia 🇪🇪 (living in the USA) and now I have binged all of them! I tell My kids it’s like watching a nature show 😎
6:29 yay to the construction vlog bit! Doing a great job job at documenting Rail Baltica construction, on par with the official/railfan channels out there XD
I love Riga and thought that I explored it quite well.. you guys outdid me in one short day! You saw many things that I missed, and Tom had such interesting comments. Thanks for sharing!
Riga is awesome! This was another slightly whirlwind city tour, there was so much to see. Looking back I wish we had given ourselves even longer to explore it.
Monday is infact the sunday of Museums more or less world wide. Might have extended times during tourist season, but generally, mondays are closed across the globe :D
Fun fact about the demolition scene. They were tearing down this ill-fated shopping mall from late nineties called Titanic. And when they started, they played My Heart Will Go On. 😄
@@LostInTransit I genuinely enjoy seeing the world through the eyes of young people, while I relax at home. All I need to do is make a comment for the algorithm. Stay safe 🥰
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We were in Riga about a month ago (with our Transit based motorhome BTW) and liked it a lot! We stayed at Riga City Camping which was okay and so near to the old town that Bolt taxi costed less than 4 euros. The interior of house of the Blackheads was stunning!
Im from Riga, its interesting to see your perspectives. Would love to show you around! Also amazing vegan place in riga is "kozy eats" Also my fav cities in Latvia are Sigulda, Cēsīs and Liepāja
Hello Evelina My mother came from Liepāja - she fled during the war, and was never able to go back, due to the Russians. She left her mother and all her relatives behind and never knew what happened to them. I was born & live in UK where my mother settled and found another Latvian refugee to marry. I visited in 1994, after your independence - thank God. I was brought up to speak Latvian - there are a few of us here! We need to keep the language alive - only 1.5 million speakers. In 1994, I found Liepāja a bit run down, but I understand things have improved since then. Dievs svētī Latviju.
- What a lovely video. Mozzie-less parkup in the forest! A warm swim! And Riga looks really nice... especially the pizza! -Izzy, when you were giving the big arm gestures to describe how big the market is, I thought you were going to chin that white haired lady in the red and white polkadot dress 🥊😂 ... and THAT'S how NOT to get on a big bronze horse 😂 -Soooooo... everything is shut on a Monday in Riga, is it!? 😳 But it's a beautiful city!
small correction - the Freedom monument was actually built just before occupation of Soviet Union , as an idea to celebrate first independence longed by Latvians for centuries. But other than that, good job, I even heard some facts which I already managed to forget as a native.
Excellent opening shot..brilliant actually. Tom, theres a creative director in you yet! Liz will be a TV presenter on the Beeb, I have no doubt. BTW...Friend of mine lives in a hobbit-like house (a la Frodos gaff) in / near Bialystok, so if you do pass there let me know. Same Geezer owns that great pub was telling you about in city center B'stok. Do let me know if interested, PM me and Ill set it up so you can visit his hobbit home, its really cool.
Brilliant videos,guys!! Of all your trips around Europe,the one you enjoyed most was the one to Ireland,right?! You know,the Queen said the same.....of all her trips abroad,,the one she said she enjoyed most was her trip to Ireland! I'm just sad i missed her,as she did visit our city of Cork back in 2011
It was next level, actually the best vegan pizza I have ever had! Yeah the baltics are kinda crazy, really low populations and they are nearly all in the major cities. I think that Eastern Europe is going to be so good for mushrooms if really excited! Let’s go on a fungal foray!
Well done Tom and Iz, great video, Riga is a big city! There are some trendy looking places as well. You must both be shattered, a long trip to and from where you parked for the day. Still it’s got to done ech? Cheers Mike👍
You must be visiting so many great food & drink stops. Have you got a mapstr? Then other vanlifers or followers could easily find where you’ve stopped off and try out the menus too!
on 9:46 its the statue of the city musicians from bremen! there are a few copies around the world and one as you can obviously see is there in riga! :) you have some really nice content :)
Kia ora guys nice video and Tom the for ever gentleman💪beautiful city/country of Latvia definitely on the bucket list thanks for sharing guys stay safe...
Hey John, nice to have you here with us as always! Latvia is somewhere that tends to fly below the radar but well worthy of its bucket list status! Cheers for watching john, all the best
Knowing exactly the day you were there, from subtle clues, i was waiting, around which corner i will spot my work van, but it seems we crossed paths without meeting. 😂
Hello everyone, I'd enjoyed your cold water swimming adventures throughout Scandinavia!!! July, is my FILM addiction, with anything with Snow Landscapes. Ah, keep thinking Cool thoughts!!! HERE, heatwave with no relief for the next month's daily 100-102 degree F. High Humidity!!! I live above Texas, seeing Texas Heat keeps creeping up (no rain/drought zone)!!! I LOVE MY SURFSHARK!😺💖
Surfshark is actually awesome, we do genuinely use it every day! We had around 85F the other day and that was way too much in the van. Let’s hope the weather drops again soon 🤞 We are heading south now so hoping things settle a bit before we cook
Tom, forgive me for asking a question that may already have been asked, but what is the meaning behind some of your inkings if that's not too personal? One appears to be a "172" and the other a hieroglyphic of some description which I can't make out.
If you need confirmation of where your van is parked, and you use iPhones connected to your vans bluetooth..... Apple maps will display where your van is parked.... Another great video btw..
Freedom monument isn't for " freedom of Soviet occupation" . It was built before WW2 even started, so it can't really be related. It celebrates the " Freedom fights" which happened in Latvia from 1918 to 1920 and was over the independence of Latvia. As in, the first independence. As you see, there' s a lot of time in-between and it has nothing to do with WW2 and Soviet union.
We actually have a very pleasant climate at the moment its low 20s. crazy watching the news though, hope the storm comes soon! think it was a good idea to escape the south for a bit!
To be honest it’s not that big by British standards, it’s about the size of Bristol I think. It was just quite a juxtaposition from where we were at the time.
We would like to visit Russia one day. There is a lot of political tension at the moment so it’s unlikely we can come soon. Let’s hope this all gets sorted out so that real people can share, travel and experience each other’s culture again ☮️
14:02 Totally incorrect what your're saying here. The Freedom Monument (Brīvības piemineklis) was built in the 1930's before the soviet occupation. Nice video of Riga though.
There are much more then 600k citizens in Riga, aproximatly from 1 to 1,3 million(now with ukrainians even more). Do not trust everything wikipedia tells u 😅 btw it's really easy to watch u guys- simple, kind and atractive 👌
Wikipedia has references to its numbers, Edgar are you serious that one should trust a random Edgars more? And Centrālā Statistikas Pārvalde are lying? Second, better than dissing wikipedia would be going and fixing what it says, so people have better access to your superior knowledge. But again, you will need to cite sources. And you should not confuse Riga metropolitan area with Riga city when counting inhabitants...
@@u1zha First of all, please do not tell me what I should and what I should not, when you do not know even difference between 'not being accurate and lying'; 'suggesting and dissing' and I will not even talk about terms like census methodology, it's criteria(ja esi tik gudrs, un vari pieminēt CSP, tad lūdzu, nākamreiz papēti rūpīgāk, no kādiem datiem attiecīgā institūcija ir veikusi konkrēto aprēķinu utt.), omissions, duplications, erroneous enumerations errors etc. At this point, if some random Uldis like you are not following along anymore, please try to read again and again until you do understand, 12th grade education should at least superficially understand what this is all about. Let there be peace on earth and a good mind among all people 🙏
@@LostInTransit As a Finn spotted the t-shirt. Not sure is this t-shirt referring to the short movie since clothing brand Makia has made Monte Rosso shirts as well. But the name refers to Punavuori (Monte Rosso in Finnish) which is the hip area in central Helsinki 🙂
Ps Monument of freedom was built before WW2 from latvian citizen donations.. Soviets in USSR time runned around busses and trolleybusses hoping that it will destroy it slowly by vibration.. to demolish in soviet time they are afraid because latvians could rise..
From 1915 to 1917, the Latvian Riflemen fought in the Russian army against the Germans in positions along the Daugava river. In 1916 Latvian battalions were transformed into regiments as conscription started among the local population. The most Latvia was fighting and lost against Germany, if not Russia Latvia would be now Germany, so sick and tired of demonised Soviet Union.Myself as Russian person, who born in Latvia, under Soviet Union was given chance for Latvian and Russian language, always celebrated Latvian tradition and Russian, as soon Latvia get separated Russian people was cut of language of identity etc. No one talk about it...How sad that whole world just against Russia. I remember how hard it was for me as a student just cancel my roots my background, everything. And this present moment in life in Latvia, if you say in Russian Good morning or Hi, they will curse you .Sad sad times. I've been there and we back again. Just political games.
"Cut of language of identity" BS. Latvian language became the official language of Latvia but there is noone stopping you from using Russian when talking to others who speak it, is there? Also, tell me more about how you had to cancel your roots... Gosh I'll pull out popcorn... My dad's siblings who were displaced to Siberia and died there are probably also laughing their asses off (in heavens) at your understanding of what cancelled roots mean.
@@LostInTransit Cool. Just neck a few vodka - my father used to get a bottle of blue Smirnoff - not much else was available in UK at the time. Pour out the vodka till the neck is empty. Obviously drink that later! To the vodka, add a huge slug of honey, some raspberry, or other berry syrup - not squash! Shake well, leave for a few weeks, turning every so often, then drink. Superb!
we couldn't really find any free parking in the city so i think this actually worked out cheaper, also i don't particularly enjoy driving the van into new cities and feel like the more rural park ups tend to be a bit safer, so would rather just catch a bus in
@@LostInTransit I know, in most places in West Europe it is the headache but Rīga. Sure centre is crowded and parking is not free, but within 10-15 minutes by tram to centre you can find quite a lot a free parking spaces and with no problem of safety. Latvia is twice the size of Belgium but barely two million population. So we still have plenty of space.😁 But I understand, being first time in strange place can be confusing. Anyway, good luck in your further travels.
