Going back to summer here for a bit. In early June, I tried to find new places to go and have a walk here in Estonia. A place that is not too far from my home. I did find a park in a small city/town named Keila. I discovered that there is also a couple of ruins in the nearby area that I can go and take a look at. I have been to Keila many times but not once in this river park area. It's called a river park because the Keila river goes through it.
From google maps, I looked that there is an old vodka factory that is abandoned. After I arrived there I saw that is it all just overgrown and not much to see.
I peeked inside and it was just a regular shithole, with trash and stuff inside. I don't know much information about this building except it was a vodka factory. The Internet lacks information about that. Here are a couple of more shots taken of it.
A couple of summer field shots that I took in the area.
Here is another ruin, a bit more well-kept. This is a Keila small castle. It was built at the end of the 14-th century or at the start of the 15-th, not exactly sure. It is thought that the complex was still in use in the 18th century.
You can see a doorway that goes underground that looks like a pit of doom. It's just a cellar that is inaccessible, and full of gravel. It's a shame I would have liked to go down there.
Right next to the castle there is a building that is a Hardju county museum, I have no idea what they are exhibiting there.
A very cool swing.
In the photo below, this is a sacrificial stone and is a cultural monument. I don't know if people really brought sacrifices there. In Estonia, we have 3 sacrificial stones, and this is one of them. Pretty cool that it's surrounded buy huge trees.
This is the river park trail.
Duck family
Even a small artificial sandy beach next to the river.
I just realized that there are so many leafy trees. This place probably looks absolutely stunning in autumn colors. I really should go there again. I'll see if I manage to go there today, we have beautiful sunny conditions here and it looks like the remaining of this week will be rainy and cloudy so I really should do something today.
