Shorter evenings make the rides shorter, but casing a jump can make the ride even shorter… Not much time after working hours but just wanted to discover this place as I’ve seen some vids from the place. Calling it a ski resort would give you the wrong idea, but there are actually several lifts in […]
Old buildings, modern buildings, parks, bridges, countryside, railways, highways, old town and even a swamp… City impressions from a 30 kilometer ride with Karlis on urban trails in Riga.
Sigulda is a town 45 minutes away from Riga. It’s located on a plateau above the Gauja River valley. From the town there is a vertical drop of approx. 80 meters down to the river. 80 meter is not much of a deal but in the Baltics this is a lot. They even build ski […]
From downtown Riga it’s just 30 minutes by car to an absolutely amazing network of trails right next to the Baltic Sea. The dunes are rolling along the coast. It’s a Roller coaster. 😊 The rolling dunes are approximately up to 30 meters above sea level and covered with pine trees. The base is sand […]
Having done the usual research settling in a new place – this time Riga, Latvia – I came across OZK quickly. Just the name made it sound cool. OZK is short for Ogres Zilie Kalni. Blue Mountains of Ogre. I don’t know too much yet about the language, but Kalni seems to be the same […]