Turaida Castle

I never did get to finish sharing with you about our trip to Sigulda to visit the castles.  I showed you pictures of the first castle, known as Sigulda Castle, but was unable to show you some of the second castle due to having to go somewhere. Here are some pictures of the second castle, also known as Turaida Castle.

Here is a view of Turaida Castle from Sigulda Castle.

We had to take a cable car to get to Turaida Castle.  Here is a picture of the cable car.  It's not very pretty, is it?  Believe it or not, that little car can hold 15 people standing up.  I figured that the ride would be bumpy, but it was very smooth.

Here are a couple of views from the cable car.

Turaida Castle was on some beautiful, park-like grounds.  We had to walk down a lane to get to it.  Here are Deb, Don, and I walking down the lane.

Below are various pictures of the castle, in no particular order.

It was a beautiful day.  Here is a picture of the blue sky and poofy clouds.

This is a park that we passed on one of our walks in Sigulda.  It is known as "Walking Stick Park," and I guess Sigulda is known for making walking sticks.  You could buy them in any size at all of the souvenir shops.

Thanks to Dan's guidance, we had a great day.  He knew exactly what time we needed to be at the different locations and knew how much time we would have to explore before moving on.  Our only hitch was that, somewhere in our travel that day, a bus that Dan was told we should pick up didn't run at that time, so we had a one-hour delay while we waited for the next bus.  Believe me, there were plenty of souvenir booths set up across the street to keep us occupied while we waited.

Thanks, Dan, for a great day of exploring castles!