Journey: Cape Kolka – Ventspils – Uzava Lighthouse – Edolé – Kuldigas – Aizpute
We couldn’t have asked me a nicer morning walk. Opting for a trail through the forest which led further up the beach the pups had a paddle, a roll and Ernest found a boat he was fond of… likely due to dead fish smell.
We then drove down the coast to Ventspils, which is a busy port with lots of coal, but has a nice market, square and a fun cow sculpture trail! I love how popular these city animal trails have become, they are a great way of exploring.
After lunch I had a nap as I’d been tired and hangry for most of the morning. It did the trick and I felt human/sociable again. Ready for a second beach walk at Uzala Lighthouse which we had largely to ourselves ❤️ It was then onto the little village of Edolé to see the castle which is now a hotel. In honesty it’s nothing special but the village is quaint. We noted they had pink washed the satalite dishes so they didn’t stand out as much 😂
We then visited Aleksupite Waterfall which from the picture I’d imagined was in the countryside but is actually in the middle of a nice town called Kuldiga. It’s noticable that the outskirts of each town are run down either with soviat tower block housing or ramshackle houses but the inner town’s have largely been gentrified. This one seemed well set up for tourists.
Our bedtime walk was round a derelict castle in Aizpute. Tomorrow we are going to try a few museums as we are keen to learn more about the Baltic’s history.
As a side note so far the only real negative has been Latvian drivers. They must have a death wish. The roads are very bumpy and they are very liberal with the speed limit and get frustrated if you stick to it. They will happily drive up your arse, overtake on blind corners, overtake multiple vehicles on the presumption others will make space for them when on coming traffic is about to collide (we saw an accident between car and lorry where this didn’t work out), and today rather than wait at roadwork red light 5 cars ignored it and drove down a single track towards traffic who had right of way! Wondering if Lithuania will be any different 🤔
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