Ecoland Hotel Tallinn
Randvere Tee 115 Tallinn, 11913, Estonia
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Tantalising Tallinn?
... over a dorm floor. Rats are awful but we feel like fully fleged travellers now having experienced cockroaches, bed bugs and vermin in our sleeping quarters. In defence of the hostel they were in a difficult position being situated in an old building attached to an equally old but also adandoned building. With the weather getting cold it's no suprise the rats would be looking for somewhere warm with a nice food supply! Aren't we all?
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Medieval bliss
... was happy to leave whenever.
I left Tallinn early doors. Marika had to let me out of her apartment at 645am. I walked to the ferry dock and boarded a 3 hour boat to Helsinki. Being so used to Red Funnel, I thought there would be some lounge areas to sit on. Nope. A tiny chair and table. Somehow, though, I still managed a neck twisting sleep.
Next stop, Helsinki, Finland.
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Tallinn surprised me
... Estonian.
So what do you do when you arrive in Estonia? You go for Georgian food? Okay, well that's what we did. Estonian food is centered around that filthy animal that I refuse to consider a legitimate form of food (pig) and bambi's cousin, elk, so I am certainly not going to check out local cuisine around here. Plus, we have no Georgian restaurants in Toronto, so this was an opportunity to have some khacchapuri, solguni cheese and adjika pepper sauce. It was a ...
Kõik
Päike loojub? Et siis nagu läheb pimedaks vä?
Ja miks siin nii soe on?
Lennujaamast lahkudes satun taksoskämmi otsa. Kuniks Lauri õnge infoletist kätte saame, on rivist kõik mittekollased taksod välja korjatud. On jäänud ainult üks tumesinine otse ukse ette, mille juht abivalmilt pagasniku juures seisab. Pärast seda kui juht on selgelt pettunud, et ma ei tahagi väga kaugele sõita ja pealegi olen kohalik, areneb tema ja minu vahel umbes järgmine dialoog.
"Ma vist ei näe, kus ...
Summary
... goes as well.
The climb towards the castle is steep. And hot. In the castle there where 48 churches and two mosques some time ago. Now there are eight churches and two mosques. Clearly has Islam put their bet on quality instead on quantity. The narrow streets shine from being polished from thousands of feet through the centuries. We find the oldest church, some other and a huge head. The guy at Onufri restaurant feeds us so that we can roll down the hill afterwards.
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