Nice to be back in Riga!

Back to Riga by bus. Batmannu took me to the station after her nightshift. Then it was six hours busride through the estonian and latvian countryside again.
Patrick aka urg texted me around noon. He was on his way to Riga as well, coming from Vilnius. By bus, since hitchhiking hadn't been that easy lately. We agreed to meet at the freedom monunment. And invited a few other HC-members who are in Riga to join us in the evening at Livu Laukums, which is a big square close to the main street in old town with outdoor tables and supposedly good beer.
It was so nice to see him again after two months! I had hosted him in Berlin, he went on to Poland, his bike broke down a few weeks ago, and now he had been crisscrossing Europe for all these weeks.
After a hearty meal at "Pelmeni" we went to the hostel where Evecooper is working, to meet her, agree on what to do in the evening, and to leave our luggage there. Then I took Patrick for a sightseeing tour around Riga.
Later we met Evecooper, a friend of hers, and James from HC around 10 pm, and James brought Moritz, a german guy he had met at the hostel, an HC-member, too. I was lucky to meet him, especially since they have a washing machine plus tumbler in his hostel. My washing and his are getting done right now, this nice guy is sitting in the internetcafe next to me, and we'll stroll around Riga soon.
Patrick and me enjoyed the calm and warm night and forgot about time and the last trolleybus. Even the last minibus had left when we came to the station. But instead of paying too much for a ride with a taxi, we payed three lat to a guy who stopped by, and took us all the way to my place. At home, I found the internet connection wasn't working. Tough luck! Now it's internetcafes again, to find new hosts in Latvia and Lithuania. I'll leave for Kuldiga tomorrow, but Janis will be hosting me there. So no problem so far.
It might be a day at the beach later, again, cos the sun is shining, and it's nice and warm, but looks as if autumn and rain might be approaching fast. It had been raining all the way from Berlin to Lithuania when he was on the bus, Moritz said.
Seems like this wonderful summer is coming to an end. :-(