Hotel Haapsalu

... to buy cheap booze and cigarettes, act like pompous jerks, and eat big meals before returning to Finland. Estonians...I'm not sure what they do in Finland, especially now that Estonia is an EU member. But the ferries and the Tallinn exploits are well known and embarrassing to some. Anyway, we found ourselves on this ferry, which takes about an hour or two across the shallow and dark Baltic, whose waters are famously un-salty. We arrived in Tallinn and I saw two ...

Hello dear friends, this time Mara typing, i don' t know if i am able to make the story short, so be patient. The road from Padise to Haapsalu was long and a bit boring. It rained a bit. First we were very much in hurry because we wanted to catch the boat to Vormsi at around 12, but when we felt we wont make it, we slowed down. Next boat at around 6 pm, so we have lots of time. Some shopping in Haapsalu in a weird place with lots of punks and people with USA flags ...

... thing!!! Didn't quite realise how strong the sun was, and yes now look like a leopard with red & white patches all over - lush!!My legs are worst - very red all over - ouch!!Oh well - all part of the fun right!?Even Paul who was like 'I'll be very surprised if I catch the sun today' was very red on his chest & back - that'll teach him!! We stayed just one more night in Tuksi, which ...

... back roads are pretty ****** really. If you are not on a main motor way (well even then) there are pot holes, or just dirt roads with huge bumps everywhere. So it is pretty slow going unless you take the major way. The sat nav doesn't really work that well out here either, it has the major roads and the capital in it, but other then that it shows you on a blank screen. We have had to invest in some maps, and this also means that I have a job to ...

... excellent camping lunch at 5pm at a bus stop in Nõva -- black bread, sausage, yummy tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese (thanks to Bethany for superuseful Swiss army knife, circa 1990, still sharp) - probably some church, can't really remember much else, it was a long day - finally getting to Haapsalu after many many hours of hard biking ...

Destination 23:   km43'335 Der Sonderausflug reduziert sich nur auf Insel Saaremaa, da Fähre nach Hiiumaa nur 4x täglich fährt. Darum gehts weiter um sicherzustellen, dass WM- Match FRA-SUI in Tallinn gesehen werden kann... Beinahe gestürzt während Fahrt, da Strasse Baustelle war und dies in Estland heisst: Fahrbahn ist nicht mit Schotter, sondern mit bis zu ...

Destination 22:   km42'985 Endlich fertig Nordpolwetter und es wird warm! Nach Aufbruch zum Sonderausflug zu Saaremaa und Hiiumaa Campstop in Liiva. Vorfall in Riga hat mich ganz ordentlich eingeschüchtert und in ein Tief gerissen. Zu alldem noch beinahe an einem Herzinfarkt krepiert um 3:00 morgens: irgendwas ist ständig ums ...

... cafe menu secured a hangover-friendly brunch and reinvigorated we decided to hit the town. With the amount of ice around and a biting wind literally hitting the street was more likely than not, but we tottered around anyway, admiring the local architecture and paint selections of the houses as we slid on by. Major attractions here include the ruined ...

... students. We took the ferry from Rohuküla, after visiting the town of Haapsalu, i will prepare a special entry only for Haapsalu as i will work in it for my planning cl************* course, and it is a worth since that town is full of nostalgy and is really nice. The Vormsi island had more population, swedish people were there, but after the Second World War and the Soviet times many people run away and it ...

... a plan to extend the line from Keila to Haapsalu. That plan was finally adopted by Haapsalu town council in August 1902. The mayor claimed that the idea of the line was supported by the Russian empere or himself. Apparently his support was decisive and Haapsalu got its communication with Petersburg. Haapsalu has much more to offer, just check their website www.haapsalu.ee. In the evening we watched Liam, a movie by a director we both like, Stephen Frears.