Pictures from my travels – 51. Latvia

Today’s pictures are from a visit I made in 2013 to the Baltic countries. Though part of the Soviet Union for many years they had each kept their distinctinve identiry.

I spent only two or three days in each, but that was enough to see the principal sights in the capitals, and some interesting sights outside.

In Latvia I had a full day and more in Riga, where I found a delightful hotel within the city walls. The next day I went to the nearby castle at Sigulda and the following day some distance to the Rundale Palace and then nearby Jelgarva with another castle that is now a university.