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In the Gauja National Park, a forest path opens to the view, along the edges of which stately hundred-year-old fir trees stand and sometimes it seems that there will be a chance to go into history, where around the next bend, just like elves carried by a light wind, in long silk dresses under parasols decorated with lace and lace, countesses will walk along the path from the 19th century, when Count Kropotkin promoted the former development of Zeegolde and prosperity by building the Hotel Segewold, as well as installing viewpoints, canopies and paths with wooden stairs. Olga Kropotkina spoke about these places with great love and in her memories gave these paths a romantic atmosphere, which one would like to compare with the inviolability and fragility typical of the women of the 19th century aristocracy.

However, this time I wanted to go for a walk around Gauja National Park nature trail and feel the closeness and mighty power of nature, as well as get to know the wild Vējupīte ravine, which is only a few steps away from the center of Sigulda. Here, too, there are sandstone outcrops formed 300-370 million years ago, but I like this place so much because of the bright greenery, the constant babbling of the small river and wet feet.

I started my walk in the forest near the Kropotkin family cemetery and soon I was fascinated by the charming fir trees, fern groves, some stumps inhabited by ants and the edges of the cliffs. My almost 2-year-old son came with me, and he couldn't get past any ant castles or large spruce roots. In this way, we could see and admire the forest, feel its fabulous smell, pick cones and see the magnificent play of light created by the sun through the branches of giant oaks. We followed the trail to the first viewpoint at the Raven Gorge and then on to the romantic Painters' or Paradise Hill.

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