Today we took the bus north and a little bit west to Riga the Capital of Latvia.
Our bus was at noon so before we left Vilnius we went to the museum right next door to our hotel. It is the building where the document creating the independent Lithuanian state was signed on 16 February 1918. One of the interesting rooms in the museum had pictures from the Lithuanian Societies in the United States. There were Lithuanian societies in many states including three in Iowa. The Iowa societies were in Sioux City, Des Moines, and Mason City.
The bus ride took about five hours. Tomorrow we will explore Riga.
We had a great dinner at Svētku Mielasrs restorānā. We started with soup and potato pancakes with herring.
For our main course we had halibut and veal.
After dinner we went to a jazz club and listened to an excellent group.
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