FIRST TIME In Riga Latvia 🇱🇻 (I was SHOCKED!)

what's up guys welcome back to another episode here in a country where the sun sets in the summertime at 10 30 p.m and i'll let you guys decide where that is in the next five seconds but for now we are in the wifey's home country where we're going to show you around some beautiful spots that you must visit when you come to this beautiful country so let's go [Music] all right guys and now we are in daisy's hometown which she actually calls a village is it a villager no it's actually fourth biggest city in latvia called jalgova but you know after living in london in dubai this does feel like a little village a nice one so guys this is the first time that i'm going to be going to her parents house in their home country and we are just about to see her dad which is just waiting for us right in front of me right now and we're going to go well i'm going to go and see what it's like in the lovely home [Music] thank you okay guys they're getting all the food ready and the table is packed with all different types of food we've got chicken we've got beef we've got some amazing style salads here this is like a beetroot salad and daisy's mom has been cooking all day over there and we're about to get some food down [Music] all right guys after about one hour journey from daisy's parents house we've come to this beautiful beautiful location as you can see behind me it's like um i feel like i'm in one of those movies where you're by the lake and you've got all those kind of cool cabins so we've got about one two three four five cabins around here where you can basically have a barbecue relax right next to this lake which is down there which i'll show you in just a moment obviously there's two sides to this country there's the city hustle and bustle and then if you want to kind of get away and relax and enjoy the wildlife if you like um you can get away to these beautiful green locations which are just about an hour and a half to two hours out of the city there's misha there just coming out chilling all right guys i'm just going to show you inside of our cabin that we've got here super super cool it's this place here this is ours we have got like our own kind of hammock just out there we've got a chair little chilled out deck and we've also got our own barbecue set which is just there so we've got our double bed which is literally just here we've got like a lamp we got a fan and we've got a little kitchen even in this spot right here so we've got fridge and all the munchies they're ready for the barbecue and next door what you've got i'll just show you guys is another bedroom this is where the parents are going to be show you guys this is the parents bedroom right here so this is two single beds and again a nice lamp the door's making a freaky noise that's what happens when you're in the forest freaky things happen hopefully nothing more freaky than that but yeah this is it really really chilled out spot and they've even got a jacuzzi and a lake which i'm going to show you guys in just a moment as well [Music] and this is the jacuzzi which is outside in the middle of the forest check this out so so cool and right next to it just to dry off once you finish you've got this hammock just right here to relax on so dope and then just to top it all off you have this it's basically a sauna but a sauna underneath ground just there so so cool [Music] we are now at the lake so you've got the water boat just down there and you can take that out i think that cost around five euros per person and you get this whole lake to yourself and you get to go around some beautiful mangroves and guys if you're also a swimmer there's some people over there swimming in this fresh fresh lake i want to get some of that fresh fresh water i mean look at this behind me guys it's so so serene it's lovely and guys if you are still watching up until this point don't forget to make a comment below saying that i made it into the forest and also whilst you are here guys don't forget to smash the like and subscribe because it really really does help we make more more videos for you guys but let's move on to the next part good morning guys after getting some rest in this beautiful beautiful forest not gonna lie that was an amazing sleep never had a sleep in such an environment and to wake up with all these trees around this felt so so good we're now just heading down to the lake and we're gonna ride a pedal boat and just have a chilled morning just before we have to check out of the hotel [Music] we are now pedaling across the lake here in latvia river my bad guys so all those times i was saying lake it's basically a river very very so guys if you're coming out here come over to dalzova do some pedal boating and enjoy a beautiful morning here with the sun glittering across the river and getting some exercising as well all at the same time [Music] [Music] do you miss living in riga to be honest not really that's what happens when you travel i do always love to come back i mean home is home latvia is a beautiful country it's tiny there is only two million of us my favorite place is old town you know the pebbled roads the historic architecture coffee shops river it's just beautiful honestly guys i am seriously blown away by the beauty of the buildings in this country nearly every corner that you go to you've got these kind of almost very very victorian style buildings like these this is kind of a church because it's got the christian sign just above the cross but yeah it's just so so stunning we're just walking through the town now and i'm getting kind of like amsterdam vibes to it you know it's got the pebble floors it's got the tram running through the city we've got live shows going on here with a young lad playing from violin talent everywhere so we're going now to a restaurant to grab some coffee here we're going to check out dome square or dome cathedral check out the wonderful blackbeard architecture and grab a cup of coffee a cup of european coffee because as you guys know italians do it best they're based in europe however i've heard people here in riga love a good coffee so guys if you're wondering what riga is and where it actually is it's a capital of latvia latvia is a very tiny country deemed to be one of the three baltic states right between estonia and lithuania and obviously we are part of eastern europe and what's the main language here latvian but what other languages are spoken here well predominantly latvian uh because of our soviet union history there's a lot of russian speakers but at the new generations are you know really really um making an effort to speak english and welcome all the tourists from across europe and the world yeah and all the british guys that come here on your stacks it's good for you guys and apparently here in riga guys well shall i say in latvia that a lot of places you go they sell the amber stones which basically like bracelets and bees and they've got it all around this place just like here and guys if you're wondering what latvia is famous for they're famous for beer cumin and cumin cheese cumin cheese so guys if you like your cheese then you definitely have to come right and try it out all right guys it looks like we found our spot just to have some coffee a little break looks quite nice [Music] all right guys so we have just ordered two cappuccinos nice gorgeous the best so just to give you guys a little bit of an idea firstly of how it tastes divine i love a cappuccino here in europe secondly i'll give you guys kind of a breakdown of typically how much it costs for a coffee or cappuccino here in riga this bear in mind we're bang in the middle of the city so it's the most touristic area so these one cappuccino was four euros which is approximately about 550 in us dollars and in pounds three pounds or just a little bit below it so not too cheap and also not too expensive so it's about in the middle but dave was saying that back in the day it wasn't this expensive here in riga but as you can imagine you know after each year that goes by everything just gets more and more expensive [Music] all right guys that is the coffee stock officially done we're now just going to take a little bit of a walk and go to some more famous spots here in riga it's basically going to be like an hour going around all the historic places all right what's the vegetable the sort of thing there's a business that's in each yeah no no together okay can we pay by card we take cash but you during the overture we usually stop on this cash machine you can lose their money do you stop in a lot of places yeah a couple places which are more interesting more important okay yeah yeah i'll give it a go yeah we'll take out cash on the way yeah okay all right let's go it's what i love about traveling guys you can just walk around and then all of a sudden you see something cool like this let's go yeah ready what was your name bro raymond raymond nice to meet you nice to meet you nice to meet you from uh uk okay yeah nice to meet you making some movie yeah yeah let's go all right guys hop on the bus we go let's see what we got probably want to grab a spot outside and then if it gets hot we'll stay inside somewhere here no better way to explore the city than actually getting on a tour bus usually i don't get tour guides in a lot of countries that i go to but something like this is quite funky and cool great way to see most of the city it was a very inviting bus driver yeah man like raymond he's getting all the people coming on now [Music] feeling like a proper tourist guy who's got their headphones in trying to learn all the history about uh [Music] that is the bus journey finished thanks very much that was quite fun guys great way to get around the city and just kind of see a little bit of everything and get a good understanding of what certain places are around the city that you can't really get to by feet [Music] all right guys and this here to my left is the famous house of the blackheads today the house of the blackheads is a museum in the upper level there are grand ballrooms where historically many luxurious events happened welcoming ceremonies for kings queens and presidents this is the national library of latvia the current building was designed in 1989 by native latvian american architect gunner bouquets who immigrated to united states and made his career there and it was constructed in the early 21st century and opened in 2014 [Music] i'm not sure if this is a tradition in this restaurant but every table got some walnuts and walnut cracker and uh somebody to restaurant that does that but i guess they're super fresh too nice okay guys so food's here i've got some chicken with some hummus and really really nice aubergine day's got a nice chicken salad and the portions are quite generous especially for the salads and this fresh fresh pretzel with this melted butter so so tasty [Music] so we just finished having some late uh lunch last day almost like dinner it's about 5 30 p.m now what we actually found out the area that we was having our luncheon was actually an area which was all based around the medieval times back in 800 years ago because again this city is 800 years old [Music] now we're just going to head into the famous saint peter's church which is just up there and apparently we can get a great view if it's open let's check the church is open but the tower's closed unfortunately all right guys anti-climax we wasn't able to get in because one is too late and uh yeah that's the only reason so we're going to probably head over to a quite a cool bar or something so yeah sky bar and try to take some panoramic pictures from there yeah also i want to get a epic shot for my celebration for the 10k subscribers few amazing guys that have all subscribed up there all right guys i've been wondering what is the music here in latvia and we've got our guys there the two young lads [Music] [Music] and guys what to expect when you come to this square is loads of different restaurants different bars places to chill out on a lot is the drinking culture is big here so if you want to you know grab loads of drinks and do those type of things that's available as well as just having a chilled out times a lunch a late dinner that's all here too and it's about 6 p.m now and the area is getting a bit more lively [Music] so we have now just come to radisson hotel where there is this place the skyline bar apparently we're going to get an awesome view from the top [Music] [Music] [Music] another rooftop now terrace okay here it is for dietary terrace the art terrace oh nice proper european vibe up here guys [Music] once you've finished from having some drinks at the rooftop it's time to have a break have some rest and we'll see you guys tomorrow where we'll show you some more things to do here in latvia so good night see you in about two seconds all right guys and once you finish from the city of riga head over to the beach side of things where we are now gonna enjoy the seaside firing some nice cool local shops too around here right yeah it's a very famous uoma street lots of calves souvenir shops it's quite touristy because it's right by the beach and the name of this area guys is called yurmala and to actually translate that it just basically means seaside but in latvia so cool they're going to pour on you i know can you imagine so we've got all types of shops here guys as you would expect being next to the seaside we've got restaurants we've got bars coffee shops very chilled out vibe though very kind of eastern european what you would expect in these type of countries very chilled um so you know it's just a saturday today so even though it's a saturday it's not that busy but it's a we're just very polite people that's all it is guys and a little statistic if you like for the people of latvia for every two no for every one man there's two women so the population here is predominantly ladies so we were just walking through the street and i was like where's some mail shops to buy something for myself and then i realized it's all lady shops here because men here don't really do much street shopping if they do they'll just go to the mall and grab something and also because of the population it doesn't make sense to have so many men shop around so it's a little bit of information for you guys so if you're looking for a wife come to latvia yeah there's plenty of women here guys and i'm sure they'll uh be interested leave your name in the comments below maybe they'll uh write you a message watching this video as we finish from the street where all the shops were we've just come outside this orthodox looking church here really really beautifully made it's got these blue bits on the top with some golden bits really really nicely crafted and a lot of the buildings here in latvia are very very unique kind of gives me that kind of disneyland feel really really nice all right so now we're just going to look for the seaside guys get some of the beach weather on us maybe grab some seafood whilst we're there or some local latvian delicacies so we're walking towards the beach now it looks like we're surrounded by this beautiful looking forest it's all like cut up so well though it's not kind of been kept as it is but they've just kept it very clean you like it it's beautiful is it nice to walk through your hometown nice change after the scorching heat of dubai desert lots of oxygen a lot of it breathe in guys made it to the beach very nice very nice very relaxing open air we've got some super rainy clouds coming in over there nice so peaceful here guys very very relaxing so nice you've even got fancy beach clubs here on the beach this one is called salt beach looks really really classy really nice there's a swimming pool just inside as well all right guys we're back inside the town area we're gonna see if we can find a nice barbecue type of dish to eat because we've not eaten all day so we are starving [Music] at an armenian restaurant and it looks like they've got all types of amazing amazing meats we've got some like lamb chops on the menu we've got some like prawns potatoes kebabs and we are absolutely starving right the car waits to get stuck in been walking for like the last hour so let's get some grub down on us we've just got our mains we've got some chicken here she's got some people with some rice we're just gonna dig in [Music] alright guys that's the food officially finished we're now going to grab some desserts they've got these famous kind of button looking crappy things here it looks like that waffles bubble bubble waffles what they're called and they are being cooked up fresh for us just there thank you so much for that i'm gonna munch on this one guys yum yum guys we're just mentioning this nutella waffle i think i've got chocolate over my mouth that tastes so good guys fresh marshmallow fresh crepe nutella inside just what you need after a meaty meal [Music] all right guys we're now heading into the central market which is actually one of the biggest in eastern europe it's going to have loads of fruit places vegetables and plenty of food spots that you can eat in this area which looks like they're selling all clothes like ladies clothes home clothing basically like a you know like a proper sunday market as you would get over in london or in most cities around the world i've got a bit of everything here guys with some fresh cherries so nice this is hand-picked that's why it's so expensive [Music] [Music] so in these markets you've got loads of type of turkish delights you've got local suites that they're selling here all types of things i think we're definitely going to put on some weight after being in this market it's got a very still soviet union influence this is from the old times you know the coast and indoor markets with lots of soviet produce which is really really interesting to see wow look at this fresh pastry guys yum yum a meat pie this is my fried chicken and rice chicken and it's written in english and then look at these desserts guys wow yum guys over in latvia they're super super famous about smoking a lot of their meat and this area that we've walked upon now is literally smoking everything we've got smoked mackerel we've even got smoked octopus let me show you guys here it's definitely the first time i've seen smoked octopus guys i'm not sure what it tastes like [Music] so [Music] we're now just going to head over to a spot just to have a little bit of brunch kind of like some eggs and avocado toast that type of thing what's it called it's called a place that doesn't need a name the food speaks for itself you see that's going to be quite hard to find so i'll leave the details of that location below but also show you guys what it's like and if the food is also quite tasty [Music] officially arrived then we've got some more i chose some sourdough bread with some avocado some poached eggs and it looks like we've got a little bit of um beetroot hummus just swiped around the left and base has got the uh guacamole with some salmon and some eggs tastes good nice so a little interesting fact guys about the person actually created this restaurant so he wanted a chance to express his artistic self so what he did he created a place that's artistic a little bit funky and classy [Music] if you're looking for something hip and cool and funky to do when you come to latvia come and check out the italian quarter it's full of young people chilling here people are having drinks cocktails um kind of light bites and also hot meals it's a must-do place it's about half an hour walk from the main city itself inside riga where old town is all right guys food has officially arrived and i've got something that almost looks like a chicken kiev but it's so so tasty it's got some like cheese on top with all the chicken inside and some potatoes and what are these sort of like croutons what you guys know in um in the western croutons but it's essentially um a very typical latvian bread and garlic and toast this is definitely my favorite blue cheese mayo delicious so as you can see there's a total different vibe here from the actual city itself over in riga it's a young generation here too young for me that's how you know we're getting old but it's nice to get out and about and in the trendy areas just so you can have a bit of fun once in a while all right guys and i think this is where i'm gonna end the latvia vlog here i hope you enjoyed it it's a little bit different from my usual vlogs i just wanted to show you a little bit of the different side to mine and the mrs life but guys i hope you well i hope to see you on the next vlog because guys we've got some incredible adventures lined up so don't forget to subscribe and i'll see you in the next one guys peace out [Music] you

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Length: 28min 22sec (1702 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 31 2022