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The islands and the coast of Estonia
After visiting the north coast of Estonia before going to Tallinn, we continued along the coast for some 500 km more. Most was on the two biggest islands of Estonia. Of those we like especially Saaremaa, the biggest one very much. It was raw,, the road was close to the coast so that you really had the feeling of being close to the sea, it was divers (with old churches, lots of mills,, beaches, cliffs, villages, ...
A day in Kuressaare on Saaremaa island
A big sleep in this morning as we did't leave until 1000 for our tour of Kuessaare.. The hotel manager was our local guide who toured us around the highlights of this town working to become a resort town.. We went through the Kuressaare Fortress built in 14th century and best preserved in the baltics. It had one of the best museums of the all the castles and museums we have been to. The afternoon was spent exploring the town and checking out the beach but not much there ...
Off to the islands
... hits. On Muhu island we visited the outdoor Muhu Museum at Koguva a still inhabited fishing village first inhabited in the iron age. From here we took the causeway that links the island to the larger island of Saaremaa. Here we visited Kaali to see the meteorite crater. The meteorite fell 3000 years ago weighing 1000 tons and leaving quite a crator and several smaller ...
Island of Saaremaa
Did you know Estonia has 1,500 islands? Yeah, I know. Granted this counts everything from Saaremaa, which has several towns, to the tiny ones that can only hold several people. But still, coming from West Virginia I am not used to so much coastline.
It seems that nearly every weekend I have been off to a new coast or body of water. I figure I'd better visit them all before everything freezes. I believe ice roads actually do freeze ...
Kuressaare
After spending another couple of days in Tallinn I did some basic chores like shopping and a second attempt at a haircut - with success. After chatting with the guy who works at the front desk of my hostel he informed me about a small town called Kuressaare which is on Estonia's largest island off the west coast. Apparently not too many backpackers head out this way so it sounded perfect.
The next morning I decided to go to this ...