This morning we first went into Riga by foot to find some breakfast, we found a nice place near the Cathedral were they served a nice selection of egg dishes.
We all three enjoyed a different plate, mine was a spinach omelette with a Caprese salad.
The walk back to the cars was also nice, Riga is worth a longer visit than one evening. So i think we will return one time for a longer stay.
Back at the cars we left Riga to visit the restaurant Kuna Rija. We met the owner two days ago in Poland, the one who left us the note.
The restaurant is placed in this beautiful area and completely made of wood. The owners name is Niks, and he turned out the be also the chef cook in the Formula one team of Red Bull. The team of Max Verstappe.
In the cellar of the restaurant is a bar filled with pictures off the Red Bull team. Very nice to see.
After the tour we had a small lunch with local specialties, blood sausage, some dish with beans and one with barley. And ofcourse the famous Latvian garlic bread, with loads of fresh garlic. They really love garlic in Latvia.
In front of the restaurant
Wooden toilet
Lunch
We enjoyed the lunch very much and left with full bellies and a new place to recommend to fellow raid riders.
We decided to take some smaller roads before returning to the main one. In Latvia only the main roads are paved, al the secondary once are not. So in no time we were driving on sandy, bumpy and sometimes not very well maintained roads. Offcourse we enjoyed it, it was a nice change after the boring roads of the last days.
We drove through some small villages, filled up the car at this old petrol station and enjoyed the views before we turned up the main road again.
Looks more like Dakar
Petrol station along the way
Back on the main road it was straight ahead again for about 300 km, passing the Esthonian border somewhere half way.
Near the border
The border
Past the border
Finally we arrived in Tallinn, beautiful city, but the drivers have no patience at all. Traffic is a mess, but we arrived save in our small studio appartement near the old centre. It’s in this beautiful old building with private parking for the cars.
First we checked inn, had a drink and relaxed a bit, after that we headed toward the old centre by food. We were very pleasantly surprises with what we saw. I think Tallinn is more beautiful than Riga and I absolutely want to make a longer visit one day.
Tanguy found a nice restaurant for us with local food.
On our way to the restaurant
Lighted tree
The restaurant
The tasting plate I had
In the restaurant the boys had a local beer and I tried the local rabarber wine, very nice. Because I had already eaten a lot today I decided to take a starter as main dish. Turned out to be a sharing tasting dish, so it was still pretty much, but very tasteful and of good quality. So today was a culinary treatment for us.
After diner we took a different route back to the hotel. We passed the old town gate and on the square was a flower market going on.
Old gate with market behind it
Our building
Back in the apartment we took a little bedtime drink and went to sleep. Tomorrow we need to get up really early because we have the early boat.
