The sightseeing bus transfer from Riga was amazing. Our guide, Laura, was charismatic and funny, telling us how great Lithuania is and how much we were going to love it! We started off with a couple of stops in Latvia: firstly the Salaspils Memorial which was on the place of a WWII labour camp. Lots of big marble here, and a continuing heartbeat to represent those that were stopped.
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The bus ride to Riga was under four hours, so we saw some countryside on the way through, mainly what looked like pine plantations edged by silver birches. As we got closer to Riga, we noticed lots of people foraging for wildflowers, which I didn’t realise at the time was specifically for the Midsummer celebration happening that night, where one of the traditions is to make flower crowns and decorate your house with flowers and foliage.
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Two Weeks Away 