... better known as Aukstaitija National Park is in the far northeast, not far from the Russian and Latvian borders. Had to pass through Vilnius again so ate curries at the same market stall before taking our first train up to Ignalina,
a lovely small town founded as a station when the St Petersburg to Warsaw railway was built!
Rented two all-terrain e-bikes to cycle 30km around some lakes and through forest - it was surprisingly hilly and sandy, but lovely and almost perfect weather, there were even people swimming in the lakes - not us! The wild flowers are beautiful - here it's lupin and. cow parsley season, they're everywhere, fields, roadsides, forests.
Weather not so good the next day but had a great walk through local villages
with painted houses - really picturesque.
We only got wet the last couple of kilometres.
Ignalina is a town that is easier to get into than out of - unless you want to go back to Vilnius. We don't , we're heading up the east side of Latvia, so a couple of days of cross-country bussing, hoping they connect, Tallinn in Estonia being the eventual goal.
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