R is for...

Well Rio de Janeiro, obviously, the biggest party in the world. Copacabana. Ipanema. Maracana. Christ the Redeemer. Sugarloaf Mountain. So many world renowned things in one city, plus who wouldn't want to be sipping Caipirhinas on the beach right in the city centre. 

Oh hello Rome. Whats that? Two thousand years of history? The Forum. The Colosseum. The Spanish Steps. The Trevi Fountain. The (never mentioned but utterly spectacular) Tomb for the Unknown Soldier. Yeah you may have a point. Plus you have a whole country inside you? Well that's just showing off. 

Rio or Rome? Rome or Rio? Two unarguably world class cities. Which will it be? R is for...

Riga? Really? 

Yes. This is my list. And I had an amazing time in Riga. I know I went before the stag do boom. I've heard it's hideous now. But when I went it was brilliant. It doesn't have the world class sites of Rio or Rome. But I preferred it. Don't know why, but I did. So there. 

R is for Riga.