Vecrīga | Old Rīga and Rīga parks

Cemeteries used to not be as macabre or morbid in the social conscience. Indeed, in Brooklyn's own Green-Wood Cemetery, where Peters' father is buried, families would come out and picnic on the family plot. Cemeteries were such a popular leisure destination that in the 1860's Green-Wood rivaled Niagara Falls as a top tourist destination.

Cemetery tours done (Rīga's Great Cemetery is included in our along the 11 tram feature from this trip) and wandering around previously unexplored parts of Rīga completed, it was time to get in some de rigueur photos of Rīga's old town, Vecrīga.

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