Cabbage and Old Believers

The prettiest church I saw in Riga belonged to the Old Believers. These are the oldest of old school Russians, who are not keen to move on beyond the 1600s.

The inside of the church was fun and colourful.

Russian biblical family portraits get crowded and bumpy because of all the halos.

They like their icon pictures. They like wearing robes and long beards. Speaking of robes, I went to see the old city walls and found this guy, who would be terrifying at night.

The food in Latvia was delicious but not the most photogenic.

Lots of smoked fish and delicious cabbage dishes. You don't wanna see pictures of cabbage.

Smoked fish remoulade. Ugly yums.

Paired with unusual liquor such as this totally cherry bar, which is actually Ukrainian.

For dessert there is lots of halwa in fun flavours

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