In Estonia, we first visited an open air museum, showing the life of farmers, and afterwards one of the few palaces still present – the contrast between poor and rich in one day. We had reached Estonia without even a sign at the border, a little disappointing. But we were now in our third Baltic …
From the numerous interesting museums Riga offers, we decided on – somebody surprised? – the Motor Museum! The modern museum is very well-designed, with a lot of animation and videos to give technical explanations or an impression of the role cars played in history. We were truly impressed. How everything started, from the invention of …
In the capital of Latvia, we went on a stroll through town and enjoyed the many historic houses and lively atmosphere with many restaurants and cafés with outdoor patios. House of the Blackheads Getting a free washing on the way to Riga Reaching town Central market next to the river and the Academy of Science …
We found out we could visit a former top secret Soviet military base where they were listening to the communication between Europe and USA – we had to see that!! Between Ventspils and Cape Kolka are endless forests, and in the middle of this forest some huge antennas are peaking out of the trees. Of …
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On the way to Cape Kolka, the north-western limit of the Gulf of Riga, we visited the harbour town of Ventspils and travelled along a marvellous coast of endless sand beaches with pine forests behind them. Parking @ Ventspils Daisy & Cordy We found Ventspils a very fascinating town, very green and full of parks …
Somehow we had reached Latvia on an adventurous route, which wasn’t really planned but fun. Our first destination, Karosta, also was a little bit weird. Parking for the Night at the Northern Forts For some reason, our navigation took us on a minor road in the direction of the border. Suddenly we turned left onto …
From Klaipeda we went to explore the Curonian Spit (Kurische Nehrung), a 98km long sand dune spit with some of the highest dunes of Europe. The Curonian Spit can only be reached by ferry and when we came there on a sunny Friday early afternoon, the queue in front of the ferry was endless. We …
From Vilnius we were on our way to the coast, visiting the Trakai Island Castle and the famous Hill of Crosses. In 1795, Lithuania became part of the Russian Empire. Poles and Lithuanians unsuccessfully rebelled against Russian authorities in 1831 and 1863. These two uprisings are connected with the beginnings of the hill: as families …
The first impression of Vilnius was that of a modern thriving city with a lot of modern buildings and big companies around town. The centre with its numerous churches showed us that we were in a very catholic country. The roads through Lithuania are straight and seem to be endless, but finally we reached Vilnius …
On the way to Vilnius we visited Druskininkai, a nice spa resort and the Grutas Park where Soviet time monuments are gathered after being removed from all the public places in Lithuania. The roads in Lithuania were very different from the ones in Poland – straight and wide, with no massive trees on both sides …
