Paradise

We stayed our last night all together at a beautiful property about 50kms from Ventspils, right on the beach.

The property consisted of 4 houses, a basketball court, a lake and was situated about 100m from the beach.

We spent most of the evening in the bath house (house on lake pictured). The evening started with some traditional Latvian soup cooked over the fire by a traditionally dressed woman (pictured). After dinner the women hit the sauna, minus swimsuits, and of course (some!) participated in the traditional dive from the deck into the freezing lake every 15 minutes (also in our birthday suits). The sauna included covering ourselves in honey!! (sorry no pictures available!)

We also tucked into 30 litres of beer from a Keg which had been purchased at the Brewery we were at the other day.

Traditional Latvian dancing and folk singing took us into the late hours of the night, it was a gorgeous setting with lovely people.