Theme day: BIG

People just chilling on a warm summer evening near the Big Christopher statue by the river Daugava. As Christopher was a BIG guy, he fits todays theme. Check out a bit more about this legend here.

Legend

A long long time ago, before Riga was founded there were no bridges across the river Daugava, but there was a giant man called the Great Christopher, who helped people reach the city. He forced the river carrying them on his shoulders. People loved him very much...
As a legend it has different ends of this story. One of them you can find out clicking on the post title.