infinite in latvia

we started off our trip with a 15-hour train ride to riga, latvia.
and let me tell you what. riga far exceeded my expectations.
here are some highlights of the trip:

wandering the cobblestone streets and perusing the shops.

the beautiful riga cathedral.

and the view from the top of the cathedral was like something out of a movie.

locking our love and throwing the key in the river.

to symbolize our eternal and undying love and devotion of course.

exploring the latvian ethnographic open air museum.

imagine a viking village slash how to train your dragon village and voila! 

making new friends at our hostel.

if you ever go to riga promise me that you'll stay at friendly fun franks.

best hostel ever.

it was so fun to meet people from germany, poland, france, australia... pretty much everywhere.

it just makes me want to rob a bank and go visit all of them.

 only half joking. i won't actually rob a bank. i don't have adequate weapons.

riga had such a fun atmosphere and vibe.
and because of the fun friends we made and the experiences that we had it was one of my favorite places we visited.

on the last night that we were there courtney, marci, our new friend szymon, and i ended up wandering the streets at 2 in the morning.
there was seriously nobody else around;
it felt like we were the only people on the planet.

and i just had this moment where i thought
 i am in riga, latvia. i am surrounded by really awesome people, i'm traveling the world just like i've always dreamed. life does not get better than this.

and when i try to describe that night and those moments,
i can only think of the line from perks of being a wallflower
"and in that moment, i swear we were infinite."

life is a beautiful thing.


holla.

black and white sweden

i'm almost finished editing all of the pictures from my long trip.
but for now, here's a black and white for you of lovely stockholm.
what a beautiful place.

holla.

a day of wandering

last friday we decided to go exploring.

just like dora.

and take a look at what we found!

first a kangaroo in a park, of course.

then, the best find of the day, the smolny cathedral.

let me ask you this,

where in america can you just stumble across a beautiful cathedral like this?

the answer is nowhere.

because the smolny cathedral is only in st. petersburg.

then, we finished off our day of wandering and discovery with dinner at a cute little cafe.

 it was a successful day indeed.

holla.