Rain rain go away, you're ruining our shopping day!

Second day in Riga and we were woken up by the rain!! It seems to be following me everywhere I go... But we are troopers and couldn't let a little water ruin our fun.  So we got up for breakfast...

Breakfast was a little more unusual here than I have been coming across.  Of course they have the typical toast and jam or cheese and meat, musli, and yogurt, but here they also included a variety of pickled herrings and some very runny eggs, which is apparently how they are preferred here.  I personally found it much too early in the morning for pickled fish, and I was hesitant about the eggs. However, there were brownies served as well, which was unusual, but delicious!!

Most of the day was spent trying to get out of the rain by going into shops.  Latvia is famous for a few things, mostly knitted goods, linen, and of course amber. I have never seen so much amber in my life... Every single shop had rows and rows of it.  Everything from necklaces to earrings to decorations, chess boards... All made of amber.  Now, don't get me wrong, I think that amber is a beautiful stone, however there is only so much of it a person can handle... I was getting to the point that if I saw another piece of amber I was just going to go off of my rocker...  I wouldnt be surprised if I dreamed of being eaten alive by some sort of amber monster or something, oy!!

But the upside of these shopping excursions was my renewed passion for knitting and crocheting! It's so amazing all of the wonderful things you can do. Watch out friends, Christmas presents may be my attempts at knitting things...