ocean's daughter: ROADTRIP THROUGH LATVIA AND LITHUANIA

#Tartu-Riia-Kolka-Ventspils-Liepaja-Palanga-Nida-Tallinn. LET'S GO!!!

Riga

Esimene peatus meie family roadtripis oli Riia. Ma olin Riias esimest korda ning see linn küll meie naaberriigi pealinnalik polnud. Tekkis tunne, nagu me oleks kuskil Lääne-Euroopa väikelinnas. Väljas oli mõnusalt soe ning me jalutasime ca 2 tundi mööda linna ringi. Samal ajal oli the tallship races ka Riiga jõudnud ning sadam oli inimesi täis ja peatee oli kinni pandud.

The first stop of our family road trip was Riga. I was there first time and that city sure didn't look like Latvias capital city. I felt like I was in a small town in western Europe. It was warm and we walked for about 2 hours around the town. At the same time the tall ship races had reached to Riga so the port was full of people and the main street was closed.

Käisime õhtust söömas restoranis "Kolm kokka" kus enne eelrooga tuli üks ettekandjatest suure korvitäie kastmetega meie laua juurde, tutvustas igat kastet eraldi ning tegi nendest lauale mustri. Veel andis ta meile saia, et kõiki kastmeid maitsta. See oli küll üllatus aga see oli nii lahe idee minuarust!

We went riding to a restaurant called "The three chefs" where before the appetizers a water came to us with a basket full of different sauces. She introduced every sauce and made a pattern on the table. She also gave us some bread to taste the sauces. It was a surprise but it sure is a pretty good idea in my opinion!

Enne Kolkat peatusime veel kuskil maakohas, et käia ujumas. Rand oli niivõrd mõnus, liiv oli hele ning vesi oli nii soe!! Suutsime stellaga teha ühe 19 minutilise kaugkõne :D

Before Kolka we stopped somewhere at the countryside to go swimming. The beach was so pleasant, the sand was white and the water was so warm!! We even managed to do a long-distance call for 19 minutes with stella :D

Kolka

Kolkas läksime me poolsaare tippu, et näha seda kohta, kust on Saaremaale 38 km. Rand oli jällegi meeletult mõnus ja vesi oli samuti soe & üllatavalt puhas. Välja arvatud rannad on ülejäänud loodus üldiselt suhteliselt sama, nagu Eestiski.

At Kolka we went to the peak of the peninsula from where there is 38 km to Saaremaa. The beach was again amazing and the water was also warm and surprisingly clear. Besides the beaches the nature is kind of the same as in Estonia.

Seal oli võimalik laenutada siukseid pisikesi tünnikujulisi maju, kus sees oli ainult 1 voodi. Odav romantika as we call it.

You even had the chance to rent this small barrel-shaped houses, witch only had one bed inside. Cheap romanic as we call it.

Ventspils

Edasi sõitsime paar tundi Ventspilsi, kus oli esimene ametlik surfirand. Tuult muidugi ei olnud, seeest oli aga 27 kraadi sooja ja lauspäike. Ventspils on tuntud oma linnapeaga, kes omab sillutuskivide vabrikut ning kogu linna kõik, absoluutselt kõik teed on sillutatud. Samuti on terve linn täis erinevaid lehmaskulptuure ning mänguväljakuid, kuid samas asub Ventspils suure tööstussadama kõrval ning seal on üsna mürarikas ning puuduvad esiteks hotellid ning kõikvõimalikud majutused ja teiseks turistid..

Afterwards we headed to Ventspils where was the first official surfing beach. Ofcourse there was no wind but instead we had 27 degrees celsius and clear sky. Ventspils is known by their hair who owns a paving factory so all the roads, absolutely all the roads in the city were covered with pavels. Also the town is full of cow sculptures and playgrounds, but there isn't almost any hotels/ accommodations and by that there neither is tourists..

Liepaja

Oma roadtripi teise öö veetsime ühes pisikeses juugendstiilis linnakseses Liepajas. Õhtul sinna jõudes tekitas koht veidike kõhedust aga samas hommikul seal ringi jalutades oli märgata kõiki erinevaid pisidetaile majade sillutistel ning linn õhkas mõnusalt värskelt peale öist vihma. Ka seal oli suuuur surfirand ja 0 ms tuult. Siiski oli Liepaja hästimõnus linn :)

We spent the second night of our road trip in a small art noveou- styled town called Liepaja. When we got there by night it was a little bit creepy but when I walked around the town in the morning I was able to see all the small details on the houses and the town smelled freshly after rain. Again there was a really big surfing beach but 0 knots of wind. Liepaja still is a cozy town :)

Longisime issiga hommikul mööda rannapromenaadi, käisime ujumas ja longisime tagasi.

Me and my dad, we long boarded by the beach promenade, went swimming and then long boarded back :)

Coolest dad on earth or what, all in hollister :D

Palanga

Algul ma arvasin, et Palanga on jällegi üks rahulik väike linnake, ainult et Leedus. Kui me linna sisse sõitsime, sain ma aru, et see on tsipa suurem linn. Lõpuks sain ma aru, et see on nö Leedu Pärnu, suvepealinn hiiiiglasliku rannaga. See rand oli reaalselt üks suur lihaturg, inimesed olid ennast niivõrd kokku pakkinud, terve rand oli rahvast täis niikaugele välja, kuni silm seletas. Väljas oli vähemalt 30 kraadi sooja ja liiv oli tulikuum. Me longisime mööda järjekordset promenaadi rannani. Seekord vaatasid kõik meid, nagu filmis driftisime läbi inimeste xd

At first I thought that Palanga is jet another small town but in Lithuania. As we drove into the city I realized it's a little bit larger town. Finally I got that Palanga is Lithuanian edition of Pärnu, the summerkapital with a huuuuge beach. The beach was like a meat market (if I could say so), people were packed together, the whole beach was full of people as far as you could see. It was around 30 degrees celsius and the sand was burning hot. Again we long boarded on the promenade to the beach but this time all eyes were on us like in movies :D

Strumu Svyturys

Viimased kaks ööd veetsime Leedus ühes pisikeses kalurikülas nimega Strumu Svyturys. Majutus oli väga armas- meil oli pisike kahetoaline appartment välisukse ja akendega merele, skandiaavialiku interjööriga heledates ning sinistes toonides. Kokku oli seal ca 7-8 tuba aga pooled olid tühjad. Kogu kompleks (peamaja majutamiseks, restoran ja köök, väike lisamaja majutuseks ning kalameeste kuur) asus merest umbes 20m kaugusel ning iga hommik käisid kohalikud kalurid merel võrke välja võtmas. Õhtul sai kohalikust restoranist valida omale meelepärase kala, mille kokk meie silme all kaminas lõkke kohal valmistas. See kala oli niiiii hea ja värske, mõlemal õhtul oli söök suppper!!!

We spent our last two nights in Lithuania in a small fishermen village called Strumu Svyturys. The accommodation was wary sweet- we had a small apartment with windows and front door to the sea, with a scandiavian interior in bright and blue tones. In total there were around 7-8 rooms but half of them were empty. The whole complex (main house with rooms, restaurant and citchen, a small house for accommodation and fishermen shed) was about 20m from the sea. Every morning local fishermen went to the sea to take up fishing nets and every evening the clients of the restaurant had the chance to choose a fish for the table witch the chef cooked in a chimney on fire. The fish was soooooo good and fresh, both nights the food was superb!!!

Käisime leedu üht vanimat majakat vaatamas ning mingid leedu mehed olid just merelt tulnud. Kui ma nendelt küsima läksin, et kudias tuul oli jne vaatasid nad algul mind nagu mingit maailma imet ja olid väga üllatunud, kui ma ütlesin, et ma juba teist aastat surfan. naisi ikka alahinnatakse..

We went to see lithuanias one oldest lighthouse and two lithuanian men just came back from surfing. When I went to ask how was the wind etc they first looked me like a miracle and were very impressed when I told them that I've been surfing for the last 2 years. women are underestimated..

Esimesel õhtul hakkas kella 9 paiku tibutama. See läks ajapikku edasi padukaks ning kell 11 istusime jopedes oma välisuksel ja vaatasime otse ees merepeal möllavat äikesetormi. Kokku kestis torm vähemalt 12h, sest kui me hommikul kella 9 ajal ärkasime, et sööma minna, oli ikka veel müristamist kuulda. Magada saime umbes täpselt paar tundi sest akna taga välkus koguaeg ja müristamine oli niiii kõva. Öeldi, et sealkandis pole varem sellist tormi olnud. Siiski oli see megailus, kui kogu silmapiir täitus välgunooltega!

First night it started raining a little around 9 o'clock and the rain slowly turned into heavy rain. Eventually around 11 o'clock we were sitting on our front doorsteps looking at the thunderstorm in front of us on the sea. The storm was 12h long because when we woke up in the morning around 9 to grab some breakfast we still heard the rumble. We got to sleep only for a few hours because it went black-white-black-white for the whole night outside and the thunder was soooo loud. We were told that at that area there hadn't ever been that long of a thunderstorm. It still was very beautiful though when the whole horizon was full of lightning bolts!

Nida

liivadüünide tipust avanes mega vaade! Samas on nii jube mõelda, et sinna alla on 5 külakest mattunud

on top of the dunes there was an amazing view but it's pretty horrible to think that under the dunes there are 5 small villages buried..

Nidas veetsime oma viimase ja mõnusa päeva- sõime, jalutasime ja sõitsime ringi, käisime liivadüüne vaatamas ja ujumas (selle tripi parim ujumine for sure) ja venemaa piiri ääres ka! Nida olli väga armas ja pisike linnake :)

bros coffeshop

We spent our last and pleasant day at Nida- we ate, we walked and drove around, went to see the dunes, we went to the border of russia and we also went swimming ( the best swim during the trip for sure!) Nida was a pleasant and a small village!