With new bars appearing all the time, customers in Riga can afford to be fickle about where they have a tipple. However, since it opened in 1995, Paddy Whelen's has gone from strength to strength.Maybe the secret of success for the city's first Irish pub is its smiling staff who give every beer a bit of personality. Riga's expats go to the cozy upstairs bar as much to feel the energy of bartenders Amanda MacDonnell, 22, and Amanda Bernsone, 23, as to enjoy a brew.Both women live together and have other things in common as well. They both came to Latvia in 1991, Bernsone from the Australia ...
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