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The hills of Latvia
... see. Most impressive where the cliffs: we saw them in various colors (from white to dark red) and with the sun, the clouds and the reflections of the water they offered beautiful views.
After Riga there were some hills around the Abava river and further in the direction of Liepaja. Not so much pristine nature, therefore lots of small villages and cities.. Outstanding there was Kuldiga. If we ever want to go to live ...
Castles
I left Tartu early afternoon and my last stop in Estonia was in Sangaste to visit Sangaste Castle. The red-brick castle was completed in 1881 and you can see the influence of England's Windsor castle.
My first stop in Latvia was the town of Valmiera where I saw from the outside the St.John's Church and the ruins of Valmiera Castle. Afterwards I drove to Cesis which lies in the Gaujas National Park where I stayed overnight. Cesis is also called "Latvia's most Latvian town".
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A day on the border
... like in India. It has the typical cathedrals and squares here, but is very small compared to the other cities. I walked another 2 KM to the bus station to try to get a bus to Riga because the buses are different in each country. On the Estonia side, the buses only service Estonia and Latvian side, they only service Latvia, so I had to walk across the border. There were no buses in service that went to Riga, so I had to go back to ...
Uh, we’re not in Kansas anymore
... and medieval stoned streets. Sounds similar to what we’ve seen so far, we know... but trust us, Cesis was very different.
No town can truly be appreciated or examined with a couple of 15kg+ bags on one’s back so our first task, as per usual, was to find our accommodation. On the map, our stop wasn’t far from the train station, perhaps only about a kilometre or two. Once we were out of the main town centre however, things were looking ...
Cesis
... enough to find their fate there. It was cheap and I was paying.
This was in the new part of town and I headed in towards the old center of the quaint town that is said to be "quintesentially Latvian". There are ruins of Cesis Castle which I find to be the most interesting castle ruins I've seen so far. Intact enough to reveal what once stood and partially demolished to a ...
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