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riga bridge
Originally uploaded by youarewhatyoudelete.

Riga's a place where you can strip it all down, peel back the layers, lighten your load and regain perspective. Soviet troops finally pulled out 11 years ago. This is a place of pain, beauty and melancholy, and it reminds you that life has ground on, over the past few decades, for so many people in so many places, despite it all. Don't take your stag weekend there - the Rigans don't deserve it. Take your curiosity, leave your respect with the people, and bring back some inspiration... as well as a big bottle of Black Balsam. Tastes like tar but you sure as hell know you've drunk it.