Archive for 7th February 2005

Gauja

Feb 07, 2005 in Latvia and Lithuania 2005

Gauja

After a long walk in the forest it was time to head back to Riga for my flight home. I got the cable car back across the valley, and enjoyed the fantastic winter scenery.
The train back to Riga took almost two hours but only cost 70p. Latvian trains were cheap, but also battered, [...]

Sigulda

Feb 07, 2005 in Latvia and Lithuania 2005

Sigulda

On my last day in Latvia I got an early morning train to Sigulda, and walked to the Gauja River valley. I’d heard good things about this place, and I was not disappointed. I got a cable car from one side of the valley to the other, swooping over the frozen river, and [...]