Welcome back to Riga! The Central Market was GINORMOUS! *Do you like to shop at markets?* This video will have SUBTITLES in Spanish, Serbian, Latvian, Russian, English, French, German and Polish on MONDAY 21ST DECEMBER. It takes time for UA-cam to process them to allow me to correct and translate them. Please turn them on if there are any issues understanding. Thanks for watching! *Have you been to Latvia? What did you think of Riga?* You can check out my travel blog posts (some with additional video) at www.thetaoofdavid.com/ You can become a Patron at patreon.com/firstworldtraveller if you would like to support my website and the videos/blogs I produce for it. There are some exciting updates in the pipeline! If you are looking to improve your English for business purposes, behavioural job interviews, to improve your pronunciation or simply to improve your conversational English, you can take advantage of some fantastic discounts at the following link - www.thetaoofdavid.com/book-english-lesson
@@davidostrowski679 actually, those were anchovies(Latvian way) not sprats you were eating. Sprats are kinda sardines in oil. I`ll advise trying lamprey with white bread next time(they look like snakes in gelatine...he,he)but they are gourmet food, also smoked eel but it`s expensive. Actually, all smoked fish is very tasty. Latvian rye bread is the best in the world according to my opinion, well also that isn`t bad also in other Baltic countries.
Another fantastic video! Amazingly huge market. Would love to walk through it and check all that neat stuff out! The rye bread with fish and hard boiled egg looked delicious! Love fish. But you said it was a bit salty, which might be too much for me. And the salmon, yum! Well done video, David!
Lovely Riga video, David, gracias! Loved the massive city market... I'm glad you feel so comfortable in Riga and have such a positive report on life there. I'm certainly looking forward to you to experiencing and loving Vilnius in 2021! Can't wait to hear from you in Poland. I'm half Lithuanian and half Polish, never learned Polish, but Lithuanian was my first language before English, but no family left to speak it with anymore, and only surviving relatives still in Lithuania.
Any Vegans watching😂. The Zefir looked like what we call a Macaron often fruit flavoured and two joined together, but on looking it up they sound like a cross between a meringue and a marshmallow as you described, delicious by any name!! Tangerines are nuts 😉 l mean next to the nuts, perfect place for them to co-exist. Love when you go for a look at a market and that one was massive and great use of the hanger. Ive really enjoyed everything you have shown us from Riga, ld definitely go for a visit just for the history and architecture. Thanks for another great vid. 👍
Hello David and HAPPY HOLIDAZE to you. Will watch this later, just wanted to say hello, Mexico City has shut down til Jan 10th, back to code red along with Estado de Mexico. Most of the rest of the country is code orange. It's crazy out there.
@@davidostrowski679 So far, so good, although we have a friend who is an ER nurse at the local general hospital and she's fatigued and getting down. I'm praying for her and all the hospital workers. People are lined up in the DF to get oxigen tanks filled, and the air quality is at it's winters worst there. I'm not putting any kind of money of 2021, but I've got a feeling we'll might be fairing a little better around March.
Thanks, I had a phone and editing software upgrade between Mexico and Latvia! Wide mode! It's always nice when people recognise the effort that goes in, so I really appreciate it!
I have polish citizenship so have two passports! haven't used it yet but intend to in the future! process took about a year from Australian/polish agency that did all the paperwork for me.
@@Maldives2025 there will only be 1 at Christmas before my travel sabbatical. There will be stuff over on Instagram and my website though. Should be back doing videos mid-2021. Hopefully with a Polski passport!
Que gusto que reconozcas a México como uno de tus favoritos, a pesar de ciertas cosas , siempre hay cosas negativas en todos lados , México tienen muy bien clima, la gente es agradable en general y la comida 🥰, sin embargo, es cierto que en México pagar más no siempre equivale mejor calidad en los productos , tampoco si pagas menos , es cuestión de suerte, pero en cuestiones de calidad radica (yo creo) en qué el cliente mexicano no es exigente , entonces te venden lo que quieren. Gracias por tus vídeos, son nutritivos culturalmente hablando.
¡Sé lo que quieres decir completamente! Pero a veces, parte de la dificultad en México en comparación con Europa es parte de la diversión. ¡Feliz año nuevo! ¡Volveré a México a finales de este año una vez más!
Great videos! But you forgot to visit the actual world top quality Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) areas like Alberta Street :) Next time then! Please do come in the summertime or spring-autumn. Also around Riga, there are a few dozens of wonderful places to visit, like medieval castles, for example, Wenden-Cesis (the capital of Livonian German Knights Order), picturesque Turaida-Treyden, Sigulda-Segewald castles and grand rococo palaces, like Rundale Palace the seat of the Dukes of Courland (where BBC, HBO etc shoot period drammas like War and Pace, Catherine the Great) and amazing national parks like Kemeri (The Great Ķemeri Bog is something out of this world and a must-see) and Gauja National Park (called Latvian Switzerland), little medieval towns like Kuldiga, where time stopped since the XVIII century and seaside resorts like Jurmala, with its enchanting wooden Art Nouveau architecture and miles and miles of top quality white sandy beaches. Believe it or not, this summer in Latvia it is much sunnier and warmer (sometimes too much) than in South East England :) You are very welcome! P.S You chose quite an area to stay in Riga, it is of course also histroic (actually, it was a part of the Jewish ghetto during WWII), but a bit run down, like Shoreditch in London 20 years ago :) I would suggest staying at the other side of the railroad next time, in Riga's equivalent of London's West End :) Good luck!
Thanks for the info Erwin! I'm actually planning on moving to Riga more permanently later this year once my Polish citizenship goes through! Praise be for the EU! Will definitely be revisiting your list! Re accom yes I'm definitely finding a place closer to the old town, I think in the case of these videos it was a last minute booking when I was escaping from Mexico so this time I'll have longer to find a place. Thanks again!
@@davidostrowski679 My pleasure David and this is such great news, as we say Laipni lūdzam! Regarding the area, it is not necessary to live very close to the Old Town or God forbid in the Old Town, in fact, the influx of tourists is picking up again right now and when all this pandemic situation is kind of over, it will be too noisy and crowded and also expensive, unless you like it :) Basically, any place inside the so-called "Railroad Ring" or another name for it is "Imperial Riga Centre" will do, the further from the Old Town the more affordable it is. "Imperial Riga Centre" is a historic area, built before the beginning of WWI and I guess, as you have noticed, the centre of Riga is very walkable and if it takes to walk to Old Riga (the Canal, Riga's former moat is its border) about 20+ minutes, or a short hop on a tram it's fine. But outside this "Railroad ring", it starts to be industrial, and full of soviet comi-blocks etc. Suburbs like Mežaparks (historically Kaiserwald) can be very nice, but I doubt you are into suburbs :) The area you stayed at is perfect to explore, full of history, but I guess, it is not very nice to live, because it is quite run-down. It is historically called Moskauer Vorstadt and since medieval times it was settled by Russians and Jews because they were not allowed to settle inside the city walls. The so-called "Quiet Centre", which is just up North from the Old Town is considered to be already premium, historically Baltic Germans and other affluent citizens of Riga lived there, it is truly beautiful and full of Jugendstil pearls, fine restaurants, embassies etc., and it is a bit more expensive. Also, have a look at the area on the other side of the Daugava river like Agenskalns (historically Hagenberg), Kalnciema kvartāls is trendy among young professionals, very green and it has this "village" feel (let's say, like Fulham, or West Chelsea in London, of a sort) and again, just about 20 minutes walking from the Old Riga. Anyway David, when you are ready, just shop around I am sure you will find what you really like and if you have any questions, please do DM me ervinusman@gmail.com I'll be glad to answer. If you would be interested in more permanent places to rent, better value offers than Airbnb you will find here: m.city24.lv/en www.ss.com/en/real-estate/flats/riga/centre/fDgSeF4belM=.html
@@ervinvonhimmel man you just saved me a ton of research! Thanks so much! Fingers crossed my Polish citizenship hurries up and I can move sooner rather than later!
Fluff and fold lavanderías is the way to go in México, drop off clothes in morning, pick up afternoon, i paid 150 pesos for 12 kilos of dirty clothes in SLP, beats wasting time washing clothes when you have limited time for sightseeing. Lovely videos! I’m a fan!
A great overview of the capital. But IMHO, all those reviews of local cities, metropolises are really boring and casual. They all try to fit in some modern scale of comfort, infra, and values. I think that the next big thing is for someone to get a list of localities in the country, shuffle out 3 of them, and visit with all the surprises it can offer. Instead of Riga You could go to Liepaja, Kuldiga(with the widest waterfall in Europe), Jurmala for example... those are also comfy, but for Villages... to let's say - Kandava, Rauna, Krāslava.
Thanks man! Your comment is much appreciated! I am planning to relocate to Latvia permanently at some point (possibly late 2022) so I definitely want to explore the country in more detail and learn more about the country. Thanks again!
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@@davidostrowski679 Happy to know that. So if need some info/help - can find me on FB.
it's in 4k and a brand new Samsung on a gimbal! The background is meant to be slightly blurred with me in full clarity as you'd see on a TV show. Turn up the quality on your phone, it defaults to 480p on mine unless I change it. If the front cam is set to 1080p rather than 4k you don't get the blurred background. The quality is amazing! This was the 4th video with the new phone, check out my Mexico videos before this and you'll see the difference
Hi, I could be a digital nomad as I work remotely 100 %. I am waiting for all this bullshit plandemic to end, because I don´t want to go abroad while in lockdown. So how do you do?, do you rent an air bnb and spend some weeks in a place and then move to the next country?. Sounds like a thing, but I might miss some routine in my life, like gym, cooking, etc.
Hey, yep pretty much, I always use Airbnb and usually book a month or so to begin with. The whole of 2020 was very much 'tactical travelling', ie be prepared to change plans and go to places not requiring isolation or negative PCR tests. Latvia was the only country I had to be in isolation. Currently in Poland waiting for a new passport!
younger people yes, they generally speak Latvian, English and Russian. With older people it's definitely worth learning some basic Latvian or particularly Russian phrases.
@@davidostrowski679 Many of the older generation speak German. Before Soviet occupation, most Latvians could speak German as a second language as they do Russian today. Not everywhere in Latvia the younger generation can speak Russian, only in Riga and those places where still is a large number of the Russian speaking population. Besides English, they can choose at school what another foreign language to learn. The official language of Latvia is Latvian.
english language is even fromkindergarden in some places.. but from 1st class every kid needs to learn english.. then comes next language can choose german or russian.... almoust all after 12 classes will know 3 languages..
Welcome back to Riga! The Central Market was GINORMOUS! *Do you like to shop at markets?*
This video will have SUBTITLES in Spanish, Serbian, Latvian, Russian, English, French, German and Polish on MONDAY 21ST DECEMBER. It takes time for UA-cam to process them to allow me to correct and translate them. Please turn them on if there are any issues understanding. Thanks for watching!
*Have you been to Latvia? What did you think of Riga?*
You can check out my travel blog posts (some with additional video) at www.thetaoofdavid.com/
You can become a Patron at patreon.com/firstworldtraveller if you would like to support my website and the videos/blogs I produce for it. There are some exciting updates in the pipeline!
If you are looking to improve your English for business purposes, behavioural job interviews, to improve your pronunciation or simply to improve your conversational English, you can take advantage of some fantastic discounts at the following link - www.thetaoofdavid.com/book-english-lesson
Thank you for video, friend! 🎄👍 Very nice tour!
Any time! Thanks for watching!
Watching again for the second time! What an epic edit! 🍊
Gracias amigo!
yum love those canapés you got salmon and sprat!
surprisingly tasty! I used to think rye bread was pretty bland but in Latvia it definitely has an interesting taste!
@@davidostrowski679 actually, those were anchovies(Latvian way) not sprats you were eating. Sprats are kinda sardines in oil. I`ll advise trying lamprey with white bread next time(they look like snakes in gelatine...he,he)but they are gourmet food, also smoked eel but it`s expensive. Actually, all smoked fish is very tasty. Latvian rye bread is the best in the world according to my opinion, well also that isn`t bad also in other Baltic countries.
Another fantastic video! Amazingly huge market. Would love to walk through it and check all that neat stuff out! The rye bread with fish and hard boiled egg looked delicious! Love fish. But you said it was a bit salty, which might be too much for me. And the salmon, yum! Well done video, David!
hey hun! thanks! Yeah I don't normally like salty fish but it was pretty good!
@Maria Marquez
That what he was eating was kinda anchovies, not sprats. Combination with bread and boiled egg makes a perfect taste.
great video bud 👍❤️
Lovely Riga video, David, gracias! Loved the massive city market... I'm glad you feel so comfortable in Riga and have such a positive report on life there. I'm certainly looking forward to you to experiencing and loving Vilnius in 2021! Can't wait to hear from you in Poland. I'm half Lithuanian and half Polish, never learned Polish, but Lithuanian was my first language before English, but no family left to speak it with anymore, and only surviving relatives still in Lithuania.
Any Vegans watching😂. The Zefir looked like what we call a Macaron often fruit flavoured and two joined together, but on looking it up they sound like a cross between a meringue and a marshmallow as you described, delicious by any name!! Tangerines are nuts 😉 l mean next to the nuts, perfect place for them to co-exist. Love when you go for a look at a market and that one was massive and great use of the hanger. Ive really enjoyed everything you have shown us from Riga, ld definitely go for a visit just for the history and architecture. Thanks for another great vid. 👍
I don't like tangerines, far too sickly and sweet for me. Even though the zefir are basically a ball of sugar
Thanks David! 👍
you're welcome!
Hello David and HAPPY HOLIDAZE to you. Will watch this later, just wanted to say hello, Mexico City has shut down til Jan 10th, back to code red along with Estado de Mexico. Most of the rest of the country is code orange. It's crazy out there.
Susan! OMG I heard! Hope you're staying safe and have an awesome Christmas amiga! I should be back next year but let's see how unpredictable 2021 is!
@@davidostrowski679 So far, so good, although we have a friend who is an ER nurse at the local general hospital and she's fatigued and getting down. I'm praying for her and all the hospital workers. People are lined up in the DF to get oxigen tanks filled, and the air quality is at it's winters worst there. I'm not putting any kind of money of 2021, but I've got a feeling we'll might be fairing a little better around March.
@@susancheer5981 cruzar los dedos!
You've improved upon your filming and editing skills 🙂👍👍
Thanks, I had a phone and editing software upgrade between Mexico and Latvia! Wide mode! It's always nice when people recognise the effort that goes in, so I really appreciate it!
A colossal journey!
haha your favourite word!
I have polish citizenship so have two passports! haven't used it yet but intend to in the future! process took about a year from Australian/polish agency that did all the paperwork for me.
It's been going on since the summer. I'm using an agency but have found all docs myself. It's why I'm in Poland now
@@davidostrowski679 I hope you give us some Polish vlogs!
@@Maldives2025 there will only be 1 at Christmas before my travel sabbatical. There will be stuff over on Instagram and my website though. Should be back doing videos mid-2021. Hopefully with a Polski passport!
Que gusto que reconozcas a México como uno de tus favoritos, a pesar de ciertas cosas , siempre hay cosas negativas en todos lados , México tienen muy bien clima, la gente es agradable en general y la comida 🥰, sin embargo, es cierto que en México pagar más no siempre equivale mejor calidad en los productos , tampoco si pagas menos , es cuestión de suerte, pero en cuestiones de calidad radica (yo creo) en qué el cliente mexicano no es exigente , entonces te venden lo que quieren. Gracias por tus vídeos, son nutritivos culturalmente hablando.
¡Sé lo que quieres decir completamente! Pero a veces, parte de la dificultad en México en comparación con Europa es parte de la diversión. ¡Feliz año nuevo! ¡Volveré a México a finales de este año una vez más!
@@davidostrowski679 ¡Feliz 2021! si es parte de la diversión como dices, que gusto que regreses, ojalá te des una vuelta por Michoacán :D
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Great videos! But you forgot to visit the actual world top quality Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) areas like Alberta Street :) Next time then!
Please do come in the summertime or spring-autumn. Also around Riga, there are a few dozens of wonderful places to visit, like medieval castles, for example, Wenden-Cesis (the capital of Livonian German Knights Order), picturesque Turaida-Treyden, Sigulda-Segewald castles and grand rococo palaces, like Rundale Palace the seat of the Dukes of Courland (where BBC, HBO etc shoot period drammas like War and Pace, Catherine the Great) and amazing national parks like Kemeri (The Great Ķemeri Bog is something out of this world and a must-see) and Gauja National Park (called Latvian Switzerland), little medieval towns like Kuldiga, where time stopped since the XVIII century and seaside resorts like Jurmala, with its enchanting wooden Art Nouveau architecture and miles and miles of top quality white sandy beaches.
Believe it or not, this summer in Latvia it is much sunnier and warmer (sometimes too much) than in South East England :)
You are very welcome!
P.S You chose quite an area to stay in Riga, it is of course also histroic (actually, it was a part of the Jewish ghetto during WWII), but a bit run down, like Shoreditch in London 20 years ago :) I would suggest staying at the other side of the railroad next time, in Riga's equivalent of London's West End :) Good luck!
Thanks for the info Erwin! I'm actually planning on moving to Riga more permanently later this year once my Polish citizenship goes through! Praise be for the EU! Will definitely be revisiting your list! Re accom yes I'm definitely finding a place closer to the old town, I think in the case of these videos it was a last minute booking when I was escaping from Mexico so this time I'll have longer to find a place. Thanks again!
@@davidostrowski679 My pleasure David and this is such great news, as we say Laipni lūdzam!
Regarding the area, it is not necessary to live very close to the Old Town or God forbid in the Old Town, in fact, the influx of tourists is picking up again right now and when all this pandemic situation is kind of over, it will be too noisy and crowded and also expensive, unless you like it :)
Basically, any place inside the so-called "Railroad Ring" or another name for it is "Imperial Riga Centre" will do, the further from the Old Town the more affordable it is.
"Imperial Riga Centre" is a historic area, built before the beginning of WWI and I guess, as you have noticed, the centre of Riga is very walkable and if it takes to walk to Old Riga (the Canal, Riga's former moat is its border) about 20+ minutes, or a short hop on a tram it's fine. But outside this "Railroad ring", it starts to be industrial, and full of soviet comi-blocks etc. Suburbs like Mežaparks (historically Kaiserwald) can be very nice, but I doubt you are into suburbs :)
The area you stayed at is perfect to explore, full of history, but I guess, it is not very nice to live, because it is quite run-down. It is historically called Moskauer Vorstadt and since medieval times it was settled by Russians and Jews because they were not allowed to settle inside the city walls.
The so-called "Quiet Centre", which is just up North from the Old Town is considered to be already premium, historically Baltic Germans and other affluent citizens of Riga lived there, it is truly beautiful and full of Jugendstil pearls, fine restaurants, embassies etc., and it is a bit more expensive.
Also, have a look at the area on the other side of the Daugava river like Agenskalns (historically Hagenberg), Kalnciema kvartāls is trendy among young professionals, very green and it has this "village" feel (let's say, like Fulham, or West Chelsea in London, of a sort) and again, just about 20 minutes walking from the Old Riga.
Anyway David, when you are ready, just shop around I am sure you will find what you really like and if you have any questions, please do DM me ervinusman@gmail.com I'll be glad to answer.
If you would be interested in more permanent places to rent, better value offers than Airbnb you will find here:
m.city24.lv/en
www.ss.com/en/real-estate/flats/riga/centre/fDgSeF4belM=.html
@@ervinvonhimmel man you just saved me a ton of research! Thanks so much! Fingers crossed my Polish citizenship hurries up and I can move sooner rather than later!
Fluff and fold lavanderías is the way to go in México, drop off clothes in morning, pick up afternoon, i paid 150 pesos for 12 kilos of dirty clothes in SLP, beats wasting time washing clothes when you have limited time for sightseeing. Lovely videos! I’m a fan!
👍👍👍
A great overview of the capital. But IMHO, all those reviews of local cities, metropolises are really boring and casual. They all try to fit in some modern scale of comfort, infra, and values. I think that the next big thing is for someone to get a list of localities in the country, shuffle out 3 of them, and visit with all the surprises it can offer.
Instead of Riga You could go to Liepaja, Kuldiga(with the widest waterfall in Europe), Jurmala for example... those are also comfy, but for Villages... to let's say - Kandava, Rauna, Krāslava.
Thanks man! Your comment is much appreciated! I am planning to relocate to Latvia permanently at some point (possibly late 2022) so I definitely want to explore the country in more detail and learn more about the country. Thanks again!
@@davidostrowski679 Happy to know that. So if need some info/help - can find me on FB.
Well done!
But your cam does need better quality,I mean reverse view🤠✊☯️👊
it's in 4k and a brand new Samsung on a gimbal! The background is meant to be slightly blurred with me in full clarity as you'd see on a TV show. Turn up the quality on your phone, it defaults to 480p on mine unless I change it. If the front cam is set to 1080p rather than 4k you don't get the blurred background.
The quality is amazing! This was the 4th video with the new phone, check out my Mexico videos before this and you'll see the difference
Hi, I could be a digital nomad as I work remotely 100 %. I am waiting for all this bullshit plandemic to end, because I don´t want to go abroad while in lockdown. So how do you do?, do you rent an air bnb and spend some weeks in a place and then move to the next country?. Sounds like a thing, but I might miss some routine in my life, like gym, cooking, etc.
Hey, yep pretty much, I always use Airbnb and usually book a month or so to begin with. The whole of 2020 was very much 'tactical travelling', ie be prepared to change plans and go to places not requiring isolation or negative PCR tests. Latvia was the only country I had to be in isolation. Currently in Poland waiting for a new passport!
Do Latvians speak English?
younger people yes, they generally speak Latvian, English and Russian. With older people it's definitely worth learning some basic Latvian or particularly Russian phrases.
As a latvian, yes
@@davidostrowski679 Many of the older generation speak German. Before Soviet occupation, most Latvians could speak German as a second language as they do Russian today. Not everywhere in Latvia the younger generation can speak Russian, only in Riga and those places where still is a large number of the Russian speaking population. Besides English, they can choose at school what another foreign language to learn. The official language of Latvia is Latvian.
english language is even fromkindergarden in some places.. but from 1st class every kid needs to learn english.. then comes next language can choose german or russian.... almoust all after 12 classes will know 3 languages..
m8 pull your mask up
That's what I was doing constantly throughout