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Autumn in Riga
Autumn in Latvia usually lasts for a long period of time, in measured tones and with sense, the trees get yellow or red then fall slowly, one by one, each in its time. In September-October people from Riga go to Sigulda - that's the tradition - but we decided to walk around Riga and take a trip to Cesis, where a medieval castle still stands with a park next to it. Who would think that it would snow in two weeks... (photos are taken in mid-October 2003). All pictures open in a new window, the size of the large pictures does not exceed 120-140 Kb
Slokas Street on the left bank of Daugava
The entry to the Shroud-brigde, not everyone is excited about it - jams and other problems, and the beauty around stays unnoticed!
Kipsala is an island in the centre of Riga, on which sky-scrapers are built, as for now, there are quite country-like streets here
The centre of the city is just over the river
And these are the new buildings on Kipsala
The Hansabanka sky-scraper is beeng built on the other side of Kipsala
The garden next to the President's Castle
The embankment
The Old Town under the rain
It turns out, that there are cows not only in Ventspils, this one was caught next to the Rigas Udens (Riga Waters) building
The rain lets the monuments shine in all the colors of the rainbow (the Monument of Liberty)
... An old silent park
The "New Centre" - the streets of the beginning of the 20-th century
The park again and some ducks... grazing
The bus has already departed...
Modern style variations
Gertrudes street - very "modern"
Taking a last glance at Lachplesha street and... *
... now departing to Cesis
The view of St. Ioann church from the castle (1238) *
An Orthodox church *
The Livonian order castle was built 800 years ago, it crumbles a little but is still like that! *
The park *
Tram romance