Lake Burtnieks was not some official planned stop- but as we drove and enjoyed the scenery a time came when we needed to find some place to camp-so why not by a lake – why not this one? This relatively simple decision ended up being a pretty adventurous one as the we ended up crossing fields through which only tractors should drive. Neither of us were sure if the car bottom was going to be able to make it across the ruts! But somehow it did!! Phew- and we were the only ones there for the night, so it was lovely and peaceful but also the damn coldest night!! Did some wood collecting and thought it would be good to make some potatoes on the fire- well—they turned out to be charcoal by the time we fished them out!! Ooops!
After the lake we continued -down a much easier road-thank goodness! We were headed towards the castles around Sigulda however we ended up not staying for too long and there was some concert taking place and it was rather busy. We spent another random night somewhere in the forest before heading to a palace that I have been excited to see for a few months now!
