Day Three: Streets of Riga

After having breakfast this morning, we left to roam the streets of Riga. Pictures already up on Facebook, more on the way from Lei and tia Connie's camera!)

We past by this gorgeous park, and as we were on the bridge taking photos, a lady approaches me and asks, "can you take a picture of me from my camera?" So I took her photo. In taking it, she recognized we spoke Spanish, and makes mention how delighted she was to meet people that speak it! She's Mexican, and will be returning back home soon. She actually came to Europe all by herself for a month. Her attitude was, if you have the circumstances to, then why not! We can't always wait on our friends. So I came alone. That was so admirable and brave of her! So my aunt had a Spanish tract in her purse, and as she handed it, the lady hugs her...crying. She says her mom in Mexico is a witness, and believes that this is a sign for her to visit the Hall. It was a beautiful experience :) We took a picture with her from a different camera. Will be up soon!

We also came across a lot of amber jewelry on the streets and even in-store, it's all so beautiful. Amber is very common in Latvia. As we were walking along the cobblestoned streets, two sisters approached us and gave us a big hug. They were distributing invitations for the convention, which is next weekend, and noticed we were sisters from our lapel badges! In saying our goodbyes to these sisters, we went to grab a bite at this Latvian/Russian place called Palmeni. As we got there, a few minutes later, met four other sisters! The two sisters we met previously on the street told these ones we met at Palmeni that we were going to eat there. So we all got to sit and eat together!

Before I forget to say, let me share with you a mistake of mine, haha. Yesterday, I blew a fuse in our bathroom by connecting an appliance of mine to the adaptor. My appliance was 120vac, just a set number. Being that it didn't have a range, you would need to buy an additional adaptor that will transmit to meet within the range... So thanks to my lack of understanding, we did not have light in our bathroom last night, especially since the electrician was not on duty till 8:30am the next morning!! After breakfast today, the electrician came in our room, turned a switch and bam, light in bathroom.

So always check the voltage on your appliances before plugging it in the adaptor when you're in Europe. Make sure it is ranged without exceeding the amount recommended! :)

After roaming Riga, we took a cab back to hotel due to the light rain and was about 60 degrees. Neither of us wanted to get sick! Lei and I took a nap as we returned as tia Connie went to get a massage at the spa downstairs in our lobby.

Beach tomorrow... :)