Everyone loves a parade. Latvia was showing all of their military forces for this one.

After the military parade, there was a 21 cannon salute.

After the memorial they put a path of flowers up to the freedom statue. Here are some older or retired Latvian soldiers dressed in there uniform.

After the ceremony the President of latvia walked by and shook hands with people from the crowd. After the ceremony the President spoke at an military parade. He is walking with the V.P. and his top military leaders to start the parade.

After the ceremony and the familys of fallen soldiers where done with the ceremony, people from the crowd also came and put flowers at the foot of the freedom statue.

This holliday was more like an Independence day and a Memorial day combined.

Today was the last day of Latvia Independance day, and we got the day off. Wa-hoo!This morning there was a memorial at the freedom statue. The where taking turns laying flowers ant the foot of the statue for the soldiers who have fallen during the war. There military was present and a military band playing memorial songs in the background.

Changing of the guard at the freedom statue.

Here is the medieval part of town. They serve medieval food in the cellar.

Those two tower buildings off in the distance is our apartments where we live. The cruise ship you see is the one we will be taking to Stockholm.

It was a good clear day today. You can see all of Old Riga from up here

This catholic church is 800 years old. We went to the top of the steeple. You could see all of Riga.

The Baltic states are celebrating freedom all week, so there are many different things going on this weekend. These building are all lit up with eyes and monograms on them. There is some guy dancing in a lighted sock. Kind-a weird.

The outdoor markets are very busy on the weekends. The cold weather doesn't seem to bother people from shopping.

It gets dark early now (around 4:00pm). The old buildings look very cool all lit up in the dark.