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Latvian food tends to be very dense and filling, using a lot of potato, cabbage, beef, pork and fish. There are many restaurants dotted around the city where you'll be able to sample the cuisine at exceptionally reasonable prices Donne Nike Air VaporMax Plus Bleached Aqua Nere Scontate , many of which continue to serve until midnight - some later!

Latvia is famed for it's beers (alus to the locals), and they are widely available throughout Riga. You must also try Riga's other specialty tipple - "Riga Balsam". It's available almost everywhere and is guaranteed to "warm your cockles"!

Riga is a charming, pretty town with so much to see and do - a must visit for any traveller!
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NAIROBI， March 28 (Xinhua) -- World Steeplechase champion Hyvin Kiyeng of Kenya will not rest on her laurels following her performance at the World cross country championships in Kampala， Uganda， and her focus has turned on the Diamond League， which starts in Doha in less than six weeks.


Kiyeng， 25， will be eyeing an opening victory to the season track competition after an incredibly close race in Rio Olympic Games.


Doha will serve as the first meeting of the Diamond League， with 13 other rounds to be held in Asia， Africa， USA and Europe.


"It is all systems go. It was not easy for me being a steeplechase athlete to compete against some of the long distance runners. But I did well in Kampala to finish fourth and will be building on that as I go for more training to be ready at the start of the Diamond League in Doha，" Kiyeng said on Tuesday in Nairobi.


Kiyeng will be among a horde of world's best athletes who will be eyeing to reignite rivalries from Rio Olympics for a thrilling night of world-class athletics at Qatar Sports Club on 5th May.


Rio 2016 Olympic medalists Caster Semenya and Francine Niyonsaba will face-off in the women' s 800m event， while Ruth Jebet (Bahrain)， Kiyeng and Emma Coburn (USA) will recreate the Rio 2016 Olympic final in the 3000m steeplechase.


The event will bring together some of athletics' biggest stars.


But it is the women 8.