Forget Sex, drungs and rock n roll....I prefer Jack, metal and Guns...big guns. Words to describe what I did today…hmmmm not sure I'm going to be able to manage this one, but I'll give it a go and start with the boring stuff first. Today started out like any other day on tour, where the passengers have a free day…..with me sleeping in until the last possible minute I can get up to get breakfast. The with me going back up to my room and watching TV for th...

Finally, today I kept my promise and had a rest. I spent most of the day inside watching TV. Except for a two hour spell in the afternoon when I went down to the river and laid on the grass in the sunshine. It was a beautiful day, just the right temperature, I spread out my jacket and laid down with my head in the shade of the tree and stuck in my headphones and actually feel asleep for a bit in the cool breeze. I stayed there for what seemed like ages conte...

What a lovely day I've had today. I started off by going out for an early morning walk to retrace the steps of the orientation tour of Riga. I walked up the street from the hotel, stopping to have a proper look at the Russian Orthodox church and noticing fleeting patches of snow on the ground, melting into the contrasting green grass. I passed the Freedom Monument and the Opera theatre where Mikhail Baryshnikov made his debut. I entered the old town and wa...