Sigulda, Latvia

... with bells around their necks. Essentially we were dropped off on the freeway and had to firstly walk 5 kms to the small town of Sigulda which was just that, a small town. From there it was a 15 km hike to Turaida Castle mainly by road. There was a nice ...

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... I was laughing at the look on his face... So we left Ben on the side of the road in the middle of snowy Latvia and we continued on our way to Sigulda. By the time we got there it was dark, as tends to happen in this part of the world at 5:00pm. Zane was ...

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... detail as the translation was fairly broken and not word for word. Some of the rooms had maps detailing the various places in Latvia that house other bunkers and also some maps of the entirety of Europe, including the UK - Who knows what purpose they were ...

Today I took off for Sigulda, considered the "Switzerland of Latvia" because of its mountains, ski areas, outdoor activities, and respite from city life. I am really looking forward to it because they have a bobsled track where you can actually push off a ...