Tuesday, August 23, 2005

This must be Tuesday, I never could get the hang of Tuesdays...


You could say that today didn't quite go to plan.

First the boardwalk at Ķemari National Park was closed, so we made do with a walk along a track through the woods to a lake (probably Lake Sloka), which turned out to be quite picturesque.

We travelled on west to Kuldīga for lunch. There was quite a mixed reception from the group, as finding enough places for everyone to eat lunch proved difficult. Some of us managed to grab a quick bite and see a little more of the town though. We were rewarded with a mix of interesting architectural styles, a workshop selling traditional rugs and a Laima chocolate shop. I was particularly taken by this building, with its staircase that cantilevers out over the lawn

Then things started to veer off course again. We didn't have enough time to visit the open air art museum in Sabile and get back to Riga in time for dinner (you'd think that would be an easy choice, open air art museum wins out over dinner every time). Oh, and the summer toboggan run turned out to be at the end of a long road signposted "no coaches". For the benefit of those who were particularly disappointed by this, I've found a photo, and it does look like we missed out on quite a bit of fun.

2 Comments:

At 11:24 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

You had to rub it in didn't you!!!

take care mate

Craig

 
At 6:31 pm, Blogger Hillary said...

You're officially my friend! ;)

Still haven't updated the rest (ul) but I'll get to it. Thanks for your tip!

 

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