New country number two on this trip and Latvia continued the Baltic theme of beautiful old cities, cobbles and revealed even more surprises. After Tallin we weren't sure what Riga would be like, but wow! We visited three places in Latvia - Riga, Kuldiga and Cesis.
The old town of Riga is quite something and blew us away with it's huge churches (common theme), amazing old buildings (although a lot are restored or rebuilt as most of the city was destroyed in multiple wars).
Then Kuldiga with it's heritage status and numerous rules to keep it that way (including having bins in wooden chests), with of course the Venta rapids (widest 'waterfall' in Europe) and finally Cesis. A quaint little town with an amazing 13th century castle (although most of what we see today is 16th century).
Meals were good, public transport easy and we've really enjoyed it. Now on to Lithuania!
