Kuldiga

My mother had to drive all day from Karli around Riga up to the most northern point of the Bay of Riga and then down an outrages road down the west coast to Kuldiga. There was not much to see initially besides a huge dam south of Riga. After getting lost while driving along the bay we stopped at several places up to the tip of the peninsula. There mom took a short bath in the water which was close to freezing.

The road south from there has not seen any EU money yet and was in a poor condition. After driving carefully (slow) we finally arrived in Kuldiga. The apparent hotel, which was more an apartment didn`t look like much, but inside we found a newly furnished flat with all the gadgets you wouldn't expect. We cooked ourselves and had a family evening while dad was talking about his youth, where he travelled and how he met my mother.

The town is rather small and is full of one way streets. There is the common pedestrian, shopping street and a old castle consisting of a hill with signs of what used to be here.

There is also a river passing through with a long dam. By now most, if not all of the snow had disappeared.