Homemade Lemon Cake

On our first day in Turin I was quite struck of two things. The massively tall doorways were so impressive, and then the interior behind t...

Saintes was originally a prosperous settlement in the area of the Santones, a Gallic tribe, and the town became the chief centre of the dis...

Art Nouveau arrived in Riga at the very end of the 19th century but became a real force in the city from about 1901. The design movement wa...

This is the most visited of the castles between Riga and the Estonian border--this view is taken from the Sigulda Medeival Castle with my s...

The manor center began to develop in the fore-castle area of Sigulda Medieval Castle during the 17th century. There are still a few remaini...

The Livonian Order Castle of Sigulda was built in 1207 as a castella type castle, however, it was later rebuilt into a convent type buildin...

We began our Latvian exploration with a series of semi-ruined castles—-this trip was without offspring, but my kids could all pass on build...

Taru was our last Estonia destination. In planning the trip, I wanted to visit because it is not only the second largest city in Estonia, ...

We stayed in the Kalamaja neighborhood in Tallinn. I really loved the location, an easy walk to the old city, but easy to drive around, a n...