Latvia tourist sites
Otherwise in Latvia … well, the capital is really nice. A pretty, old, centre, some interesting museums (my first full day there was ‘International Museum Day’, when museums are free to visit, so I rushed around as many as I could that day!), a few nice churches and cathedrals, and the largest central market in Europe, housed inside and around former German zeppelin hangars. Included amongst the museums is the Human Anatomy Museum, which houses some 700 skulls as well as skeletons and preserved slices, segments and skinned bits from all over and through the human body (including those from children). I couldn’t resist taking this picture … also have the female equivalent but I won’t share that one here. The House of the Black Heads is apparently not a ‘museum’ (so they didn’t give free entry), but is one of the best-known places to visit in Riga. Historically, its primary function was to promote entrepreneurship, as a gathering place for merchants and sailors....