That pastry was pretty tasty even if the woman that sold it to us wasn't
the nicest now we're gonna go run around Old Town
I'm Emily and this is my boyfriend Jordan we have a mission to travel the world for
as long as possible before our savings run out after being on the road for an
incredible 277 days we've traveled through countless different Landscapes most of the
time we've been sweating in a European summer or enjoying the heat of Asia but just a few
days ago we flew into Europe's Frozen North and are preparing for our coldest day yet
good morning from a very very chilly Latvia yesterday we caught a five-hour bus through
the snow from Lithuania all the way to end up here in Riga the capital of Latvia and
we've got a pretty big day planned today is dedicated to all things Riga and all things
Latvia there's so many cool sites we want to check out and so much Latvian food we
want to try but first things first we have to hit up a second hand shop because it's
negative six degrees I think today and I'm wearing everything I own
don't know if I'll ever get used to the snow covered ground and snow-covered buildings it
is so pretty makes everything look amazing it seems extra foggy and like gray today as well
and I think this is officially the coldest day we've had so far it's freezing I'm literally
wearing Four Tops of my jacket three pairs of pants three pairs of socks a beanie and a scarf
and I'm still cold oh and my mittens which I am obsessed with these are the best purchases I think
I've ever made that's no exaggeration I'm just useless with them I can't do anything I love it
we hit the jackpot everything was two Euro two Euro for a big sweater for Jordan two Euro for
a Christmas Day sweater for Jordan two Euro for a pair of track pants for me and two Euro for a red
festive jumper and a white jumper I don't know how I'm gonna fit this I guess we'll be wearing
it we don't have to fit it with our luggage for a while onto the market to try this pastry that
apparently is like quite a local thing I think the name translates to Old Riga only like a quick five
ten minute walk from where we're staying is the largest market in Europe maybe the world the world
sounds more dramatic so we'll go with that I think it might actually only be the largest covered
Market in Europe but largest market in the world sounds impressive let's just lie just add some
mayo to it so the market is in these four massive like hanger things I don't really know what
they'll fall to you these hangers used to actually have Zeppelins in them what's a zeppelin I don't
even know this big hot air air ships airships they're like blimp looking things wow yeah
let's go to the next one it's all fish in here I bet it's summer this would just be choc-a-block
oh that smells better
oh it smells like cinnamon pot pastries again I love it
We are having ourselves a little breakfast picnic we've gotten the pastries and now
a coffee and then we eat the pastries looked so good how much are these puppies
so they cost the same as what the vending machines cost so
have a good day
whoa you can see where they pack in all the cream
it's like a Choux pastry jam packed with super sweet cream really really good what a great way
to start the day this hanger portion of the market seems to be like bakeries and
places selling candy and that sort of stuff I feel like this is the one to be in delicious
that pastry was pretty tasty even if the woman that sold it to us wasn't
the nicest now we're gonna go run around Old Town
so her legs just go to feet now there's no ankle she's just got sausage legs sexy sausage links
at least I'm a bit warmer
I'm so excited for tomorrow we are coming back right here and enjoying all things Christmas
it's so freaking cold we have come to the house of the blackheads which was a house
for like a guild of unmarried guys like Merchant and sailors I don't really know
anything about that the fact that I did pay attention to is that these guys are
the first ever written record for a decorated Christmas tree how cool is that because it's so
cold we're gonna go try and find lunch now to get out of this because my face is frozen that
place was a little bit too expensive for us and
we saw the things we wanted on the menu but they're about twice as expensive as
what they were at the market so we're gonna go back to the market instead
I thought we'd pick up a beer Emily's got dumplings on the way
I don't know what these ones are but I think someone stole our chicken dumplings because I was
like oh the chicken one's ready and she was like like I had to show her my receipt and everything
she was like I'm sorry I'll make you some more so they're getting made fresh it's like a really soft
dough and they're very tender meat I don't really know what meat it is it's real soupy inside but
then the cream is really nice as well I love that dumplings are like a thing pretty much everywhere
pretty sure these dumplings are like a Russian type of dumpling but the ones
we've got coming the chicken ones are the Latvian ones they're chicken pelmeni
how many I hope we get Pelmeni (Many) to eat oh they're all fried and crispy
it's a lot more like a pie casing sort of dough than like a dumpling dough the
Asian sort of dumpling dough that you used to really good though if you imagine like a
Soft short fortune cookie that's kind of what these are like I think we've got all
of this though for the price of one meal would have been in that restaurant yeah
if I'm honest I probably didn't do a very good job filming Riga today it's negative six so
I didn't get shots that I would normally get because I just didn't want to pull my
fingers out of my clothes it's so cool and every second thing I did want to point the
camera at is Christmas related and tomorrow we're doing a massive Christmas Market tour
here which I'm so excited for because it looks incredible and I didn't want to spoil anything
so just watch tomorrow and you get the full deal I'm also getting sick so I feel like I'm to blame
because I need naps it's like mid-afternoon now and the sun's going down and I'm ready for bed
just wanted to remember this moment
four layers of blankets immediately watching
Wednesday so how's the little fella doing Christmas Time's the best