The morning started with a quick tour to the festival field for the singing contests. That is quite an issue in the Baltic States! Somehow to compare with the Olympics. The Baltic Singing contests are once in 5 years, prepared through regional contests and national contest. Only Baltic groups can participate: singing, dancing, instrumental groups, […]

Some confusion. Thought, we had our night stay in the Lahemaa National Park. Seems we had still a few km to drive over there. Our first stop was at the stone museum at the Finish Bay. Stone museum means, the stones lie in nature, numbered, registered and explained. Didn’t see much more of the park. Next […]

Leaving Riga, our next stop was in Gauja National Park. Especially, the part of Turaida castle and the park around it was very beautiful. There was so much to explore, so much to re-adjust pre-assumptions and insights. Loved it! The little church, the terrain where women sing, the old castle itself. And also the view […]