Had another good breakfast in the hotel, then walked to the train station and caught a train to Jurmula, which is a beach resort fairly close to Riga (30 minutes by train).  Once in Jurmula, we met up with Roman’s childhood friend Liza, who is a lawyer in London but recently had a baby and was spending her maternity leave in Jurmula.

She took us for a walk along the main street of the town, and then down to the beach. Michelle and I waded in the water a bit (another body of water to check off the list). Shortly after we got to the beach, it started pouring rain, so we went to the Havana lounge club, which was covered, and got some drinks (a mojito in my case).

Once the rain stopped, we walked back into town and went for lunch (I had meat dumplings and a caprese salad). After lunch we went for a walk through the town and along a road that ran somewhat parallel to the beach and had lots of fancy houses.  Near the end of the road we stopped for snacks at a cafe, then caught the train back to Riga.

Once we were back we met up with another one of Roman’s childhood friends, and went for dinner at a pizza place in the big mall near our hotel. After dinner, we met up with Roman’s cousin and went for drinks at a restaurant in one of the big squares in old town.