| Sunday
        30th March 2003 (Heathrow & Riga) | 
    
    
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      A topical sign in
        these turbulent times? | 
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      Another sign,
        less funny. | 
    
    
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      Richie, Paul and
        someone else, in Dickens. | 
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      Paul and Helen,
        rugged up, in A La. | 
    
    
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      A La, from the
        toilets. | 
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      Chris and Helen,
        in A La again | 
    
    
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      Mexicano? | 
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      The only
        indication that there's a bar here. | 
    
    
      | Monday
        31st March 2003 (Riga & Bus Journey) | 
    
    
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      Riga castle from
        in front of the Radisson SAS hotel (on the bus tour) | 
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      The church spires
        across the Daugava. | 
    
    
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      Another city
        panorama | 
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      Paul, complete
        with Sou'wester, on the river bank. | 
    
    
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      The Radisson SAS,
        complete with frozen lagoon | 
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      A remaining
        Soviet monument in a Riga residential district. | 
    
    
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      Helen by the
        Freedom Monument in the snow | 
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      The famous "Laima
        Clock" - meeting place for Rigans young and old | 
    
    
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      Paul & Helen
        with Big Christopher, Riga's patron saint | 
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      The dramatic
        facade of the House of the Blackheads - an old Hanseatic trade guild
        from the middle ages. | 
    
    
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      The Blackheads'
        door | 
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      The back of Helen | 
    
    
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      The ornate House
        of the Blackheads next to the stark Museum of Occupation | 
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      Helen and Paul in
        Tim McShanes for lunch | 
    
    
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      A train, Lativa-style
        (we had to wait 10 minutes at a level crossing for this!) | 
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      Chris on the bus | 
    
    
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      The Inverness
        Boys and Chris at the pit stop, just over the border | 
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