Hotel Reval Olumpia Tallinn

Wow, what a beautiful day we have had. We decided to take the ferry to Estonia and visit the old town in Tallinn.... sooooo glad we did. Ended up on the derry that left at 10:30 and had a calm sea crossing on a massive boat... lots of people seem to go back and forth purely for the duty free aspect. :-) We arrived in Tallinn 2 hours later and walked around 10 mins to the Old ...

... ot*b meile poolt l*u*täit õllesid. Ahj**, ei tohi unust*d* Eero ilus*id silmi. Ag*j*h, süd*ööl läheb os* r*hv*st t**skord r*nn*äärde ning ülejäänud pool jääb sii* terr*ssi*sj*le õlle j* viin* l*hend*m*. Mõnus pitstop- pole v*j* muretsed*, telgid on m*j* t*g* ning sõit* pole v*j*, sest p*ig*l olles *uto liikumise tunne on just värskelt üle läinud. K*rin j* J*ns* j* Oll tulid mere äärest pis*ngit*m*st j* olid m*g*m* heitnud, kui Innu, Keith, Eero j* Kärt m*g*m* läksid. Kõik ülejäänud ...

... English. The food is interesting too that it is filled with game meats. I got brave and decided to try the wild boar and elk meat.They are both red meats but the wild boar is so chewy that it takes me at least 10 minutes to chew each slice. In it, it is so vascular that I have a hard time chewing through all the veins and arteries. The mushroom sauce is delicious. I will do doing more walking in the city tomorrow.`````````````````````````````` `````````

... under the guise of colonialism, and sometimes under no guise at all, but you just mustered forces, started marching and went on plundering. And then, once through with it, having grown rich on exploiting others, often tiny ones like Estonia or Croatia, for example, you suddenly arrive in a phase of being a big humanist and start detesting every form of national identity that borders on patriotism. You suddenly brand it as nationalistic and inconsistent with values of ...

... go to town the next morning, and return. Fun for all ages, a duty-free shop on the boat, the blandest of live entertainment. Even though Estonia has recently become a bit more expensive due in part to its entry into the EU, the cruises are popular still. This one was in honor of Katri's sister Sirkku, aged 24, who a couple of years ago married a nice young man from Janesville, Wisconsin. Finally, 21 months later, her ...

... it, nod and smile. Vasily and I have a short conversation, during which he mocks the Estonian beer I am drinking and convinces me to drink a bit of his real man drink - straight Russian Wodka, and continues to point out the original singer of songs from the band: Buddy Holly! Beatles! Chuck Berry! (again.) I just didn't have the heart to tell him we were watching an Elvis cover band. The big Russian Estonian left at the set break and was replaced on ...

It was a short weekend trip back to my "college city"...and as I was driving along the Baltic sea towards Tallinn I was thinking to myself what is it about some places in my life...there is something that always makes me want to go back....yes , it is a lovely place with small, but beautiful old town, lovely beach almost in middle of the city...as a matter of fact the path right along it, is ...

... If you are wondering why, most of you know i am fascinated by history, right? The museum also had bits and pieces of soviet and German equipment (like dinky Russian cars, torture chairs, funky 80s phones etc.) but the docos where what i enjoyed. I ate at an Estonian restaurant for dinner but because it was near the town centre the lovely mushroom soup I was anticipating (what they do with wild mushrooms here, oh, so good!) was actually a cassorale ...

... well. Last night after exploring the city we went to one of the tourist trap restaurants...a medieval dinner. The food was okay but the honey beer I tried was so sweet that I couldn't even finish it. Today we visited lots of different sights in Tallinn. First we visited the Kiek in de Kok tower that highlights some of the history of the city ...

... it for real. But nobody wanted to admit it either. People there are very loud (the staff). They bring their friends over and drink tea all the time (also at eight in the morning). Generally, we just didn't like the atmosphere. It was obvious that those people just wanted our money and nothing else. They were not nice to us. We wanted to leave our heavy backpack there, because our bus to Russia leaves tonight at 11p.m. . They accepted to keep our backpack ...