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Left our unusual guest house and went to another castle just out of Sigulda. Fantastic views from the tower but the steps in these old places are a bit dodgy and very steep. One way to work off all the beer! Drove on to the capital, Riga. Found hotel out of the way but near a tram stop. Nice hotel by Latvian standards for the price. Caught tram into town and wandered around old city and went to museum of occupation. Very depressing but interesting, it's amazing to think how these poor Baltic states have been bullied for so many centuries and then the nazis and soviets top it all off last century. Did the obligatory pub crawl before just managing to catch the last tram home. Lucky as we didn't have the address or even name of hotel to get a taxi, that's breaking every rule of travelling, always know where you are staying! One interesting thing was that it was the first time we have seen real darkness for weeks instead of just twilight.
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