In Riga we participate to the Couchsurfing event “Riga Good Time” and ended up sleeping at a sauna party. Latvia confirms itself as a very creative place for accommodations, with an ex-prison, an ex-hospital and now a sauna! We also spent one afternoon in Jurmala, some 30km away from Riga and with beautiful and crowded… Continua a leggere Baltic Cycling Tour #6: from Riga to Sigulda
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Baltic Cycling Tour #5: from Kuldiga to Sabile
When we left Kuldiga in the mid-morning, our plan was to reach Riga in the evening. Our plan was to cycle till Kandava and then hop on a train, but we struggled to reach Sabile due to the uphills in that hilly part of Latvia. Sabile is home of the northest (more north in latitude)… Continua a leggere Baltic Cycling Tour #5: from Kuldiga to Sabile
Baltic Cycling Tour #4: from Liepaja to Kuldiga
Cloudio could not summarize better this stage of our tour, so I’ll reuse his words (and hope that Google won’t penalize me for doing so): The 5th stage of the BCT 2013 start incredibly fast: we reached Aizpute, 50km from our starting point in Liepaja, in only 1hr! Then we jumped off the bus, had… Continua a leggere Baltic Cycling Tour #4: from Liepaja to Kuldiga
Baltic Cycling Tour #3: from Sventoj to Karosta (entering Latvia!)
After a difficult second day of our tour, the third stage was for me the hardest. We started cycling a bit after 8am, following the A11 road. It was a boring main road but at least there were almost no cars till the border with Latvia, that we crossed after taking the ritual pictures 🙂… Continua a leggere Baltic Cycling Tour #3: from Sventoj to Karosta (entering Latvia!)
Baltic Cycling Tour #2: from Kláipéda to Sventoj
The second stage of the Baltic Cycling Tour proved to be very intense and nerve-breaking, due to our competitive nature. We started from Kláipéda and lost each other after few hundred meters. I was happy but soon he found me and we continue together. We took the cycling path going through the Pajuño Park, a… Continua a leggere Baltic Cycling Tour #2: from Kláipéda to Sventoj