Our day began with a glorious morning walk along the lake at Mikolajki. The town has a hint of Wroxham about it with boats for hire and plentiful ice cream stalls. I love that people were eating ice cream at 10am 😂 From there it was a drive out to the Forest Arboretum of Warmia …
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Day 102 – Swishing around
Journey: Vilnius – Trakai Merkine – Orzysz (Poland) There are few things that will get me up, organised and out of the van before 9am but a long overdue haircut is definitely one of them. I absolutely adore getting my hair done, and it’s been 6 months! I’ve had to forego the high maintenance highlights …
Day 101 – Vilianous pizza
Journey: Centre of Europe – Vilnius After three months on the road we are finally getting the hang of this city malarky. Rocked up at preknown carpark, parked and 10minutes later we have walked to our first city site The Three Crosses. Wow so that’s what effortless, no argueing or road stress feels like 😂🙏 …
Day 100 – New blog brought to you from centre of Europe!
Waking up to a very soggy day, our plans to walk the mounds of Kernave were postponed then scrapped. We can’t complain though, we have been so lucky with the weather and had hardly any bad rain. The pups did brave a couple of quick walks but Ernest does’nt like it and so darts back …
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Day 99 – Quality time with the birthday girl
Journey: Hill of Crosses – Kaunas – Kernave Today is Mabel’s 8th birthday and I woke with her head on the pillow, snuggled under the duvet between us. It’s strange but although I’m not religious I really wanted to visit the crosses without the tourist masses. I slipped away at 7am, leaving her snoring and …
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Day 98 – Sand, Sculptures, Missiles and Crosses
Journey: Dutchman’s Cap – Klaipeda – Cold War Museum – Hill of Crosses Hoorah Dutchman’s Cap is a dog friendly beach! When the pups finally woke up at 9am we had a lovely walk along the wild coastline. A lovely calm start to the day and week… except just yards from the van the ever …
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Day 97 – Forts, Graffiti, Prisons and Mythology
Journey: Redens – Karosta – Liepija – Baltic Mythology Park (Lithuania) – Sventoji – Palanga – Karkle The Baltics has such fascinating history and there is so much dotted around to explore. This morning was all about Forts. We first went to Redens (old forts), which are in the woods and have some amazing graffiti …
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Day 96 – Beaches and Cows
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 …
Day 95 – Art Nouveau, false starts but great end
Journey: Riga – Jamala – Kandava – Cape Kolka With van chores complete we drove to a new part of town known for its art nouveau buildings. Albert and Elizabeth street have some beautiful examples; each unique, but go one street off and it’s completely different and a bit run down. So funny how cities …
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Day 94 – Fallen in love with Riga ❤️
Journey: Turaida Castle – Saulkrasti – Piejura – Riga A huge bonus of me getting my bum out of bed earlier is having the whole gorgeous Turaida reserve site to ourselves. We were able to climb the tiny spiral tower stairs and walk the castle grounds with the pups and had just finished as the …
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