OUR VAN GETS LEFT BEHIND (Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻)
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Of course before leaving our van we can't resist a swim in the lake and breakfast in the woods!
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We're Tom and Iz, who live and travel in our van La Bamba. We love nature and try to spend as much time as possible wild swimming, hiking and being outdoors!
You might find Tom in the forest IDing a mushroom, fixing something or starting an ambitious project with his laid-back relaxed approach whereas you could find Isabel cooking up a storm, sunning herself on a beach and being a busy, energetic bee with her endless enthusiasm and positivity! We are total opposites but it works!
How did we end up here?! 😁 ⏮
We met 10 years ago when we were both finishing our A-levels and had a whirlwind summer romance, hitch-hiking around France together before before going our separate ways to travel and to university. We've both always prioritised travel and adventure and have worked hard over the years in hospitality jobs to enable us to keep exploring.
Tom hitch-hiked across Europe and road tripped around Australia whilst Iz studied Environmental Science at York. Iz backpacked around South America with her sister whilst Tom studied Forestry at Aberdeen University. Little did we know we just weren't going to get each other out of our minds! Fast forward 4 years later, we found ourselves in campsite warden jobs, living in a bell tent in a wild flower meadow together! Maybe without realising this was the start of our van life journey!
Next, we both trained to be science teachers and during training, we bought a van, ripped out it's interior and converted it to live in it. Iz managed to get a remote work-from-home job that she could do from the van and Tom was passionate about starting up a CZcams channel.
Since then we haven't looked back and when the pandemic allowed us to, we travelled to Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and around Cornwall. We are now on a big European road trip! We are giving it our best shot to do CZcams full time. We have a dream of one day owning a little plot of land and building ourselves a cabin in the woods. If you're new around here you can check out our previous videos; we've spent the last year exploring Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Estonia. We completed a 42 daily vlog challenge, so check out that playlist if you missed it!
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Heyy happy Tuesday ✨🫶 hope you’re all having a great week! Have you got a heatwave where you are?! We’re keeping cool up here, no heatwave for us, yet at least😎 lots of love and stay safe 💕
Thank you Thomas & Isabelle. Love you too. No heatwave here, I could hardly break the ice shutting the gate. I am safe, but it never last long.
Bloody boiling in Bristol.
Hope you don’t get hit with the heatwave. Don’t know how you could cope with 40+ in the van. Temperature in some places not going below 30 at night
You two are so delightfully quirky and uncontrived. Thank you for sharing your time in Riga.
Peace
Heyy, hot n wild fires in Essex
Do you know what makes your videos so cool? It's your chemistry with one another. Guys seriously you are so watchable. Best van life couple online! 👏
J P thats so nice to hear, thank you. 😊
Fun fact about the demolition scene. They were tearing down this ill-fated shopping mall from late nineties called Titanic. And when they started, they played My Heart Will Go On. 😄
Love Thomas & Isabelle.
Thomas just gave his seat to someone in need, on the bus. What a gentleman.
Its not the places they are traveling, rather the nice persons they are.
Every once in a while I discover something about Thomas or Isabelle, that touches me. I watch them from a far, but they feel so close to me.
They make a glorious couple. They complement one another.
I take an example from Thomas & Isabelle , to better myself.
Wow Avi this is such a nice comment. We are really moved! Thank you so much ☺️
I’m so pleased you are with us on this journey
That's so crazy. I love van life videos, so I stumbled across yours one day. In fact I am from Latvia, so seeing something so forgein such as van life in my homeland is so odd. Because Latvia is so small I know every single place so well, so it's quite weird seeing others calling "Sigulda" a "near by town" and Riga a "big city":) But the video is great, I loved it!
Hi guys. Riga looked a really interesting city to visit. That park up by the lake was fantastic. Keep safe guys.
Riga and Sigulda. 2 places i would recomend to visit in Latvia.
The 3rd thing would be night life, and people in Riga. Very good "alternative" scene.There is some interesting comunities and events, check out "Free Riga" for example. Dunno how active they still are though.
But there was a time, you as a foreigner could even get a free place to stay for some time, with a house full of artists and individuals as a company...
Riga looks lovely 🥰 and the market and fresh veg fabulous. Great video.
Riga was lovely, we had such a nice time thanks. Glad you enjoyed the vid :)
I am from Riga, and it's a shit hole lol. Honestly.
@@image2296 I'm moving there soon. Why you think it's a "shit hole"? Just curious to know
Riga looks a really interesting place. That food market reminds me of the one housed in the Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia (a must see if your route takes you that way) 😊
sounds good, we will add it to the list! thanks for the tip! RIga was lovely
@@LostInTransit and while we're talking about Croatia, please go to Rovinj. You can thank me later 😊
All Croatia is great but Split is special!
Bying tickets with class 14:26. That was awesomely clear and polite!
Yay, I’m so pleased, was a little worried it was all jibberish
6:29 yay to the construction vlog bit! Doing a great job job at documenting Rail Baltica construction, on par with the official/railfan channels out there XD
Hi! I started following you guys because I was homesick and wanted to see new and updated videos from Estonia 🇪🇪 (living in the USA) and now I have binged all of them! I tell
My kids it’s like watching a nature show 😎
Thank you so much for showing Riga, it was such a treat to see!
Beautiful Latvia! Buzzing for you guys to see Lithuania! X
We are loving Lithuania, the whole of the Baltics has been such a cool stretch of our trip
small correction - the Freedom monument was actually built just before occupation of Soviet Union , as an idea to celebrate first independence longed by Latvians for centuries. But other than that, good job, I even heard some facts which I already managed to forget as a native.
I love Riga and thought that I explored it quite well.. you guys outdid me in one short day! You saw many things that I missed, and Tom had such interesting comments. Thanks for sharing!
Riga is awesome! This was another slightly whirlwind city tour, there was so much to see. Looking back I wish we had given ourselves even longer to explore it.
Hottest day recorded in the UK to date today. By the coast in Dorset myself so have a nice breeze. Keep cool guys.
Glad you have a breeze, I can’t think of anything worse than being trapped in London with these temps. Stay hydrated!
Awesome. I'm traveling south through the Baltic states now and came across your channel. It's been a very good 'guide.' Well done and Thank you!
Yes it is pretty hot here in Germany so the best idea is staying indoors and look your amazing video🙂.
Haha, sounds like the only safe course of action! Thanks for the nice comment, glad you enjoyed the video
I love Latvia, good to see it!
The architecture is fabulous and i loved the markets. thanks tom and Is, great tour around the city cheers😎😎👍👍
As always a beautiful insight to places many have not been to yet, packed with tips and information from people that have a true interest.
We were in Riga about a month ago (with our Transit based motorhome BTW) and liked it a lot! We stayed at Riga City Camping which was okay and so near to the old town that Bolt taxi costed less than 4 euros. The interior of house of the Blackheads was stunning!
Monday is infact the sunday of Museums more or less world wide. Might have extended times during tourist season, but generally, mondays are closed across the globe :D
Wow glad you got to Sgulda, i live there, enjoying following your adventures.
Shame we didn’t have time to spend a little longer exploring, it looked lovely though
What a fantastic city, and that market, wow , glad the van was still there when you back :-)
Lovin' the bloopers! Cheers yet again!
That was amazing thank you xx
Another brilliant video, well done guys!!! 😉👏
Thanks Johny, so pleased you liked it
Welcome to Latvia! Greetings from Latvia!
Oho, travel plan! Круто!
Happy trails
In Tallinn Old Town there is a group of buildings called "Three sisters". Great vibes again.
Wow! Glad to hear you've come to Latvia! Hope you love/-ed it :)
Ahhhh so good and funny ending guys! Loved every second 😍
Thanks for watching guys, and for the nice message. You guys will be in the next one!
Another great video guy's all of that fantastic fruit and vegetables ❤
Love Riga and the market is amazing, so many fresh products. When I visited a few years ago, I didn't know where to start at 😊
Yeah the veg market was ace! we had such a good time in Riga it was lovely.
ticket buying=> it was pretty good latvian, cheers :)
Nice video, good research. You visited lot of main Riga places. Im from Riga. Cheers!
Absinthe👌ohh happy day ay, cities are great, thanks for the tour guys
I loved the film its a place i have never been but might like to go one day. Have a great week and safe travels.
- What a lovely video. Mozzie-less parkup in the forest! A warm swim! And Riga looks really nice... especially the pizza!
-Izzy, when you were giving the big arm gestures to describe how big the market is, I thought you were going to chin that white haired lady in the red and white polkadot dress 🥊😂 ... and THAT'S how NOT to get on a big bronze horse 😂
-Soooooo... everything is shut on a Monday in Riga, is it!? 😳 But it's a beautiful city!
Lovely video, keep the fun facts and the location maps coming 🌞
Now we are not doing the dailys we have a bit more time to fancy up the videos. Will make sure to keep it coming!
Also thank you SOOOO much for the extremely generous gift!
@@LostInTransit I genuinely enjoy seeing the world through the eyes of young people, while I relax at home. All I need to do is make a comment for the algorithm. Stay safe 🥰
Well done Tom and Iz, great video, Riga is a big city! There are some trendy looking places as well. You must both be shattered, a long trip to and from where you parked for the day. Still it’s got to done ech? Cheers Mike👍
Cool, it's my fav swimming place, my neck of woods
That place looks lush!
Brilliant videos,guys!! Of all your trips around Europe,the one you enjoyed most was the one to Ireland,right?! You know,the Queen said the same.....of all her trips abroad,,the one she said she enjoyed most was her trip to Ireland! I'm just sad i missed her,as she did visit our city of Cork back in 2011
Kia ora guys nice video and Tom the for ever gentleman💪beautiful city/country of Latvia definitely on the bucket list thanks for sharing guys stay safe...
Hey John, nice to have you here with us as always! Latvia is somewhere that tends to fly below the radar but well worthy of its bucket list status! Cheers for watching john, all the best
Im from Riga, its interesting to see your perspectives. Would love to show you around! Also amazing vegan place in riga is "kozy eats"
Also my fav cities in Latvia are Sigulda, Cēsīs and Liepāja
Hello Evelina
My mother came from Liepāja - she fled during the war, and was never able to go back, due to the Russians. She left her mother and all her relatives behind and never knew what happened to them. I was born & live in UK where my mother settled and found another Latvian refugee to marry. I visited in 1994, after your independence - thank God.
I was brought up to speak Latvian - there are a few of us here! We need to keep the language alive - only 1.5 million speakers. In 1994, I found Liepāja a bit run down, but I understand things have improved since then. Dievs svētī Latviju.
Wow just noticed you hit 30K fantastic well done 👍
Thank you
Hell, I will say what so many are thinking. Great Arse !!
You must be visiting so many great food & drink stops. Have you got a mapstr? Then other vanlifers or followers could easily find where you’ve stopped off and try out the menus too!
enjoyed the Riga facts :>
Brillient
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Nice work.
Asaru Ezers nice place near Riga...
That vegan pizza!!!! DROOOOOOOL Thanks for bringing us along. Can't believe so much of the population live in that city, crazy! Love you guys
It was next level, actually the best vegan pizza I have ever had! Yeah the baltics are kinda crazy, really low populations and they are nearly all in the major cities. I think that Eastern Europe is going to be so good for mushrooms if really excited! Let’s go on a fungal foray!
@@LostInTransit FUNGAL FORAY WOOP
@@phillyandkeely 1st stop Philly's toes maybe 😀😀😀only kidding of course
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Knowing exactly the day you were there, from subtle clues, i was waiting, around which corner i will spot my work van, but it seems we crossed paths without meeting. 😂
Excellent opening shot..brilliant actually. Tom, theres a creative director in you yet! Liz will be a TV presenter on the Beeb, I have no doubt. BTW...Friend of mine lives in a hobbit-like house (a la Frodos gaff) in / near Bialystok, so if you do pass there let me know. Same Geezer owns that great pub was telling you about in city center B'stok. Do let me know if interested, PM me and Ill set it up so you can visit his hobbit home, its really cool.
Hi from Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻
on 9:46 its the statue of the city musicians from bremen! there are a few copies around the world and one as you can obviously see is there in riga! :) you have some really nice content :)
really amazing video.Just one qustion is how get over the ocean with te van?
Thanks for the great video. Loved travelling along with you in Riga. Isabell where is your 'Monte Rosso' shirt from?
She got it in a vintage shop in Porvoo, Finland
To add. anyone who came this year or last year's summer! thats not its usual weather but either way hope you enojoyed your stay! xD
Guys, u went to see freedom monument and didnt even show the height of it :D
Also the highest tower in the whole europe, latvian television tower.
Hello everyone, I'd enjoyed your cold water swimming adventures throughout Scandinavia!!! July, is my FILM addiction, with anything with Snow Landscapes. Ah, keep thinking Cool thoughts!!!
HERE, heatwave with no relief for the next month's daily 100-102 degree F. High Humidity!!! I live above Texas, seeing Texas Heat keeps creeping up (no rain/drought zone)!!! I LOVE MY SURFSHARK!😺💖
Surfshark is actually awesome, we do genuinely use it every day!
We had around 85F the other day and that was way too much in the van. Let’s hope the weather drops again soon 🤞
We are heading south now so hoping things settle a bit before we cook
Hello Tom and Isabel. I was hoping that you two would visit the Netherlands 🇳🇱
One day! It’s on my wish list
Freedom monument isn't for " freedom of Soviet occupation" . It was built before WW2 even started, so it can't really be related. It celebrates the " Freedom fights" which happened in Latvia from 1918 to 1920 and was over the independence of Latvia. As in, the first independence. As you see, there' s a lot of time in-between and it has nothing to do with WW2 and Soviet union.
That building that was demolished locals call it "Titanic" ;)
It was the actual name of this derelict shopping center
It is definitely chanterelle season, however, it was embarrassing to see that they sold unripe cloudberries on the market!
well chanterelles are all i have eyes for! TO THE WOODS! 🍄
You take a cracking thumbnail Izzy
14:02 Freedom monument was actually built in 1935, 5 years before before the soviet occupation.
If you need confirmation of where your van is parked, and you use iPhones connected to your vans bluetooth..... Apple maps will display where your van is parked.... Another great video btw..
hmmm, will have to look into this! maybe i could get an airpod for isabel so i can find her when she wanders off, haha
Tom, forgive me for asking a question that may already have been asked, but what is the meaning behind some of your inkings if that's not too personal? One appears to be a "172" and the other a hieroglyphic of some description which I can't make out.
riga honestly did not feel like a big city, at least the old town felt super small.
To be honest it’s not that big by British standards, it’s about the size of Bristol I think. It was just quite a juxtaposition from where we were at the time.
@@LostInTransit im glad you enjoyed yourself. jurmala beach was very peaceful, i hope you had time to visit there!
Pīļezers is heaven
Hey Is, you look a bit like a young Judith Durham, lucky you! Now if only you could sing like her!
Hey are you warm enough. Or cold I’ve come to Scotland from Gatwick to cool down but no go. Hopefully storm coming innit?
We actually have a very pleasant climate at the moment its low 20s. crazy watching the news though, hope the storm comes soon! think it was a good idea to escape the south for a bit!
No way you were in my home town 👁👁
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First to say first 😆
Hahahahaha
I thought the recycling talk was more interesting about the fact at the end
Haha, I actually think I do to (Tom)
There is something different about this video. Colours are more vivid or something.
Good spot, I put a LUT on. Is it a good change? I’m a bit nervous of fiddling with colours as I’m actually colour blind. Hope it’s good
@@LostInTransit yea defo a good change
Yeah we latvians are pretty good at making food we didn't invent
Riga is cool, you should visit Moscow, its nearby and its beautiful too. Hugs from Moscow ❤
We would like to visit Russia one day. There is a lot of political tension at the moment so it’s unlikely we can come soon. Let’s hope this all gets sorted out so that real people can share, travel and experience each other’s culture again ☮️
@@LostInTransit Have a great summer guys 😃Peace and love.
Tom's first car was a Fiat 172.... No wait, he lived on a bus route 172 ?....... I know.... OS map 172 your favourite map ?
SO close John, it was actually my flat in first year at uni 😁
@@LostInTransit Haha.... I would never have guessed that !! Cheers 🔆
Hi, When will come to Hungary?
It will be soon, we do not have long left on our visa. If it isn’t soon we will have to rush through, and I really don’t want to do that.
How do you find the park ups?
We use the app Park4night
@@LostInTransit Hi. Thanks for reply. We love watching your journey.
Thanks for nice comments re Ireland. Enjoy your trip.
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14:02 Totally incorrect what your're saying here. The Freedom Monument (Brīvības piemineklis) was built in the 1930's before the soviet occupation. Nice video of Riga though.
You just walk by Sigulda? 😂😂😂😂
We are pretty pushed for time due to our Schengen visas so have to accept we can’t visit everywhere unfortunately
Do i spot a Monte Rosso as in Cinque Terre t-shirt ?
We actually got it in a second hand shop in finland. We think it is actually from a very niche finish film of the same name, unsure though, haha
@@LostInTransit As a Finn spotted the t-shirt. Not sure is this t-shirt referring to the short movie since clothing brand Makia has made Monte Rosso shirts as well.
But the name refers to Punavuori (Monte Rosso in Finnish) which is the hip area in central Helsinki 🙂
Hi guys are you still taking AG1 as I have subscribed in your name hope it be if it’s you👍
Hi Brian! Yeah we are still drinking AG1. I hope you like it, let us know how you get on with it
There are much more then 600k citizens in Riga, aproximatly from 1 to 1,3 million(now with ukrainians even more). Do not trust everything wikipedia tells u 😅 btw it's really easy to watch u guys- simple, kind and atractive 👌
Haha, it’s like being back in school. I have been caught out copying from Wikipedia. Thanks for the nice comments
Wikipedia has references to its numbers, Edgar are you serious that one should trust a random Edgars more? And Centrālā Statistikas Pārvalde are lying?
Second, better than dissing wikipedia would be going and fixing what it says, so people have better access to your superior knowledge. But again, you will need to cite sources. And you should not confuse Riga metropolitan area with Riga city when counting inhabitants...
@@u1zha First of all, please do not tell me what I should and what I should not, when you do not know even difference between 'not being accurate and lying'; 'suggesting and dissing' and I will not even talk about terms like census methodology, it's criteria(ja esi tik gudrs, un vari pieminēt CSP, tad lūdzu, nākamreiz papēti rūpīgāk, no kādiem datiem attiecīgā institūcija ir veikusi konkrēto aprēķinu utt.), omissions, duplications, erroneous enumerations errors etc. At this point, if some random Uldis like you are not following along anymore, please try to read again and again until you do understand, 12th grade education should at least superficially understand what this is all about.
Let there be peace on earth and a good mind among all people 🙏
Ps Monument of freedom was built before WW2 from latvian citizen donations.. Soviets in USSR time runned around busses and trolleybusses hoping that it will destroy it slowly by vibration.. to demolish in soviet time they are afraid because latvians could rise..
Hey! What's with dissing cyber criminals? They're people too!
No, you should not be drinking absinthe in Riga . Get a grip, man!
I was just referring to the art nouveau posters they used to advertise it 😄
@@LostInTransit Cool. Just neck a few vodka - my father used to get a bottle of blue Smirnoff - not much else was available in UK at the time. Pour out the vodka till the neck is empty. Obviously drink that later! To the vodka, add a huge slug of honey, some raspberry, or other berry syrup - not squash! Shake well, leave for a few weeks, turning every so often, then drink. Superb!
Nice video just one thing unclear. Why did you go by bus to Rīga instead of simply going down by your van? Wasted time and money.
we couldn't really find any free parking in the city so i think this actually worked out cheaper, also i don't particularly enjoy driving the van into new cities and feel like the more rural park ups tend to be a bit safer, so would rather just catch a bus in
@@LostInTransit I know, in most places in West Europe it is the headache but Rīga. Sure centre is crowded and parking is not free, but within 10-15 minutes by tram to centre you can find quite a lot a free parking spaces and with no problem of safety. Latvia is twice the size of Belgium but barely two million population. So we still have plenty of space.😁 But I understand, being first time in strange place can be confusing. Anyway, good luck in your further travels.
From 1915 to 1917, the Latvian Riflemen fought in the Russian army against the Germans in positions along the Daugava river. In 1916 Latvian battalions were transformed into regiments as conscription started among the local population. The most Latvia was fighting and lost against Germany, if not Russia Latvia would be now Germany, so sick and tired of demonised Soviet Union.Myself as Russian person, who born in Latvia, under Soviet Union was given chance for Latvian and Russian language, always celebrated Latvian tradition and Russian, as soon Latvia get separated Russian people was cut of language of identity etc. No one talk about it...How sad that whole world just against Russia. I remember how hard it was for me as a student just cancel my roots my background, everything. And this present moment in life in Latvia, if you say in Russian Good morning or Hi, they will curse you .Sad sad times. I've been there and we back again. Just political games.
"Cut of language of identity" BS. Latvian language became the official language of Latvia but there is noone stopping you from using Russian when talking to others who speak it, is there?
Also, tell me more about how you had to cancel your roots... Gosh I'll pull out popcorn... My dad's siblings who were displaced to Siberia and died there are probably also laughing their asses off (in heavens) at your understanding of what cancelled roots mean.