Caught the slow bus heading west to the town of Kuldiga, recently awarded UNESCO status as an "authentically preserved urban structure" - and beautifully untouched it was. Old buildings not prettified at all, loved it!
It also claims Europe's widest waterfall, although at only about 2m high it's stretching a point! But fish were jumping.
Next day (Chris's 75th birthday) another bus to Liepaja on the coast. It's early spring so lots of lilacs, fruit trees with blossom and nesting storks to see on the way, also loads of birch forests in early leaf, very pretty. Chose Liepaja because it's the music capital of Latvia and big enough to have a good choice of restaurants.
Checked in to our luxurious apartment then went for a superb lunch in a Georgian restaurant. It's a big weekend here (Whitsun or Pentecost), a huge 2-day market with coach loads of people, music etc. We sat and listened to a Latvian folk-rock group in the park - they were brilliant.
And in the evening an Irish folk-jazz ensemble in the Great Amber concert hall, also brilliant.
Heading a short way south into Lithuania this afternoon.
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