Still easy and pleasant wild camping with excellent weather continuing. Not a country (becoming a theme) that we would want to spend too much time in.
When you remove all the 'old growth forest', which must have happened centuries ago over here, and replace it with a monoculture fir forest, you also remove the wildlife. Only true survivors here. Pigeons, storks, and the occasional very nervous deer. The natural world has been brought to its knees in Eastern Europe! Make that all of Europe!
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| We drive into Latvia still flat and forested, perfect for camping but getting a bit boring. |
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Bauska Castle purched on a hill, nice to get out of the truck and walk around interesting buildings like this with so much history.
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Now that's somewhere you don't want a storks nest.
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Rundales Palace absolutely massive place bought back to it's glory after the Soviet period.
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Looking through the stables entry to Rundales Castle.
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Further south we explored Gauja Castle grounds and it's church.
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Inside Gauja church.
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Partially rebuilt Gauja Castle.
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Grand Latvian house.
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