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- Riga, Latvia!
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- We started our day at the Baltic Sea!
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- A clock counting down to Christmas! This is where the Christmas Tree originated 500 years ago. Disregard the whimsical “Martin Luther in the woods story” that you’ve heard your entire life.
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- This is the bridge of padlocks that made Nathan the most romantic man ever! You can read about that here.
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- Postcard perfect!
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- A church from the 1200s. We went up into the tower!
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- View from the church tower
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- Passageway around the courtyard was full of ancient artifacts
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- This was the face of the clock from Martin Luther’s church!
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- We had a candlelight lunch at Rozengrals. These premises were mentioned in the scripts in 1293 as the most ancient wine-vault and festival place of the Riga City Council!
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- It is also said that the Knights Templars used these underground rooms and passages as a way to transport treasures from the harbor. The holy grail might have been in this room at one time!
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- According to the menu, this Rabbit dinner was served at Isabel of Bavaria’s wedding. Seeing as I am directly descended from her, I had to give it a try! The actual meal served at my 17xs great grandparent’s wedding!
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- Nathan got the fish, which was extremely authentic.
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- Grandma Isabel was forced into an arranged marriage, so she said something like this to her parents, “FINE! Go ahead and force me to marry that man, but in retaliation I am serving stewed rabbit and prunes for the wedding dinner!”
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- We ended the day at an apple festival