Latvia, Warsaw, and Prague

Happy 4th of July. I am writing from our hostel in Prague...though we have been in 3 countries over the last 24 hours. we did a two hour walking tour in latvia and saw the highlights of riga (black cat house, the square, etc) we also went into the occupation museum but the rest of the museums were closed. we had a lunch at a garlic restaurant (i had garlic ice cream...sounded like something i should try because i like both of those flavors...but best left separate). we finished our time in latvia with a friend from business school, Uldis. He is from there and moved back to Riga after school. we went to the skybar for a drink and had a lovely view of the whole city. then we went on to dinner on the rooftop terrace of a hotel in the old city and had a very nice dinner. it was great to catch up with someone else from school and someone from riga that could show us the art noveau buildings that we didn't see on the walking tour we took in the morning. we flew from latvia to poland yesterday afternoon and then spent around 5 hours going around warsaw. we actually managed to see quite a bit in a short time - opera house, tomb of unknown soldier, presidential palace, science academy and walked around the old town square. around 9:30 pm we jumped on a train and headed to czech republic. the overnight train was pretty fun, we had a three person sleeper compartment which even had a little sink in the room. they also gave you bottled water, a chocolate croissant for breakfast and cup of coffee in the morning. i don't think any of us slept all that well though...but we kept on touring anyway. we did a 4 hour walking tour this morning in prague and saw the palace, the old city, the new city, and the old jewish ghetto. since most people here are atheist, the old churches are used for concerts...so we went and saw a classical concert this evening too. we are here for two more days (one of our longer stops) so i'm sure i'll have more to report. miss everyone - 1 more week to go!