If you’re planning a trip to Latvia and looking for a perfect day trip from Riga, do make some time in your itinerary to checkout the beautiful Sigulda. Ruined medieval castles, picturesque landscapes, historical and cultural monuments spanning several centuries, tons of adrenaline bursting adventure activities that range from ziplining and hiking to horseback riding…
‘We have 5 days in the year without wind. Today is one of them. This was the city where wind was born.’ Sintija Pusaudze The sun came out and the long towering pine trees were dead silent. The deep blue sea in the distance glowed in the late autumn sunlight. What a difference a day…
It’s Friday evening in the second city of Latvia, Daugavpils. Our legs are numb and throats parched. We’ve been on a train for just under 4 hours from the capital, Riga. Covering a distance of 193 kms and costing just €7, this might be the cheapest train journey we have ever taken in Europe….
‘What are you doing today?’ Nothing. Let’s go mushroom picking.’ Our guide for the day, Latvian blogger Zane Enina of Mugursoma.lv fame tells me that this is a pretty common conversation amongst Latvians during Autumn. I wonder immediately if they are enough mushrooms for every Latvian to go mushroom picking. ‘50% of Latvia is covered…
I left Berlin in August at the height of this summer’s epic heat wave. I’ve returned to Berlin in late October and the city feels different, in a less euphoric and more introspective mood. The light at midday is mellow. Cafes are packed and the streets are silent, covering with dead leaves. I’m slipping sliding…
Compact, very walkable and a mishmash of many striking architectural styles: the result of having been ruled across several centuries by the Germans, Swedish and Russians, Riga is one of those rare few cities that quickly gets under the skin, just by walking its streets and observing its architecture and its complex layers of history….
Welcome to my ultimate guide to backpacking Europe on a budget- in this post I have pulled together my 85 best tips to save money while travelling in Europe. The post is a summary of my best posts and tips till date on the BudgetTraveller- all my 16 years of travelling across Europe, distilled into…
Compact, very walkable and a mishmash of many striking architectural styles: the result of having been ruled across several centuries by the Germans, Swedish and Russians, Riga is one of those rare few cities that quickly gets under the skin, just by walking its streets and observing its architecture and its complex layers of history.It…
Continuing my series of stories from Latvia….after raving about the peaceful and offbeat charms of Jelgava last week , I have another charming-not-so-well-known-town of Latvia that I’d love to share with you. The name of the town is Valmiera. Valmeira is 62 miles northeast of Riga and lies right beside the river Gauja on the…
