We had our final breakfast at our Riga hotel, then walked across the street to visit a big public market which was housed in what used to be zeppelin hangers (so it looked pretty cool).  I got a tasty pastry to eat, and we looked at all sorts of meats and cheeses and so on.

After the market we went and wandered around some nearby malls, then went back to old town and had lunch in a Latvian cafeteria-style restaurant, where I had pork kabobs and a mediocre salad.  We bought some jewellery from street vendors to take home for gifts, then went back to the hotel to pick up our luggage.

From the hotel, we took a taxi to the ferry terminal (the taxi, like everything else in Riga, was surprisingly cheap, only $6). Once we arrived at the ferry terminal, we got to take a number and wait forever to pick up our tickets, as the automated ticket dispensing machines were broken.  Once we got our tickets, we were able to board our overnight ferry to Stockholm.  Another fun fact: the disposable paper boarding tickets were also the keys to our room, which was kind of neat (they had a magnetic stripe on the back).

We went to the top deck as the ferry was leaving in order to get a last look at Riga, then went for dinner at a pseudo-Italian restaurant on the ship, where I had chicken wrapped in prosciutto. After dinner we went to the duty free store where I bought a giant toblerone bar. The duty free store was packed with people buying 24-packs of beer, so I assume it must have been pretty cheap.

We went for dessert (cake) from a cafe on the ship, then went to bed.  Luckily, the beds on the ship were quite a bit more comfortable than those on the train (and there weren’t customs people waking us up), so I actually got a fairly good sleep. As an added bonus, our room even had a small bathroom/shower, although I can’t remember if we actually tried using the shower.