We are in Segulda, Latvia now this is said to be the adventure capital of the Baltics. Right around the corner from our hotel is a chair lift for the ski hill.... however, I dont see anything that is really much bigger than a hill we would tobogan down. There are a lot of biking Nd walking trails through beautiful forest areas.
We set out this morning for what the lady at the tourism info place said would be a 6km walk. Megans guide book also said this...they only failed to mention tht it was 6 km just between two of the castles....one way. So once again we have walked over 15km in one day and our feet are screaming!
It was a very beautiful walk through the centre of town, seeing the Segulda new castle and ths Livonian order castle before crossing the Gauja river on the cable car. The cable car ticket office looked like a watch towet or something from world war ll...and the czble car didnt look the best either. And people bungee jump from this thing!!! I am all about adrenaline and would love to bungee jump one day, but this thing looked far from safe to jump from.
At the other side of the cable car was an old manor that looked like a ghost town. There were a few other houses around it that ws assumed were abandoned, until we saw people pull up and go in with bags of groceries. Would love to see what these places look like on the inside.
We began our quest to find, Gutmams Cave next....and yes it felt lime a quest with poor signage. There are many well maintained walking trails in the area its just a matter of picking the right one to get to where you want to go! We did eventually make it to the cave....in travel books and other write ups about tbe cave it is said to be one of Latvias top attractions with inscriptions dating back to the early 1800s. Although interestig to look at and find the oldest inscriptions the cave itself is small and not so impressive to be called a top atttraction. If I was driving past it would be worth a stop to see.....but maybe not walking a few kilometers like we did. Hahah.
The highlight of the day a d bigfest castle In Segulda is the Turaida Castle....a 2km walk up hill from the cave. Its a fairly well preserved castle and the workers are in medieval dress. It was worth the hike.
Our feet are very sore and tired and scream everytime I get up. We walked back to town (only a 2min walk) to try to find some dinner.....there is not a proper sit down restaurant to be found! You can have your pick of amazing bakeries though! After walking down a number of streets we settled for a pizza from a small deli like restaurant and a couole of pastries from a bakery.
Since our feet will not tolerate any more walking tonight I believe it will be a night of reading.
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