Nordic Hotel Forum Tallinn

... small shady courtyard, with pigeons that cleared any unattended plates.

We had been recommended the Russian Market, as an insight into the Russian way of life. It took us a while to trudge up there, and frankly, it was disappointing. It was a bit of a car boot sale, but without the cars or any hope of finding treasure. Second-hand clothes jostled with unappealing dusty bottles of toiletries. Some old women had stalls selling home-grown ...

... pikem*ks t*g*si. S*ime kõhud pääris korr*likult täis- Innu võttis end*le nt. viis juustuburksi, vetsus käidud j* k* korr*liku hommikukohvi är* joodud. Kun* meid on seitse, mis on imelik number ning ühtl*si k* pöi*lpoisse oli seitse, siis täpselt õigel hetkel s*i Oll K*rinile öeldud, et ärgu turtsugu- tem*st s*i *ev*st*j*, J*ns* on õnneseen, Keith on unimüts, Ints on nin*t*rk, Oll on torisej*, Eero on häbelik j* Kärt on doktor. Meie lumiv*lguke, tuleb välj*, on M**ris j* tem* prints ...

Today I spend more time exploring the city of Tallinn. I spent lots of time walking from street to street. i also went ot the upper part of the town where the Parliment is located. This parliment is the historic castle now converted into the Esteonian parliment. Near by there is this beautiful multi domed cathedral called Alexander Nevsky cathedral ans it is dated back to the 1800s while the Russians occupied Estonia ...

... me permets de mettre a jour toutes ces nouvelles avant mon retour! Après une dernière visite du coin, je rentre chez Arbo... qui n'est pas là! Un des colocataires m'ouvre la porte, je rentre chez eux en même temps qu'il part.. seul dans leur appartement je prépare mon sac et me repose un peu en attendant mon hôte qui refait surface à 21h30 avec ses collègues (il travaille dans un théâtre)... autour d'une vodka, il m'explique (en anglais) à quel point la crise est grave ici ...

... at its finest. With due respect to all other continents and non-European countries, settings like Tallinn's Old Town drew the crowds from all over the world like no other continent could. And in this particular crowd I met again the German four with whom in the early afternoon I had been hiding from rain. We recognised each other and wished a "guten Abend" to each other. And then each one of us in their own way immersed back into the crowd where there may have been more languages ...

... sauce. Being traditional, there was no rice or potatoes - but there was a lovely barley and hazelnut mix & a pickled salad (which I left). We each had a juice as well as a glass/ goblet of spiced sweet wine. It was good food as well as atmosphere. A number of tour groups filed in (to higher floors) while we were there. The restaurant has been in place for 15 years, but everyone was wanting to buy the medieval items they saw in the restaurant, so there is now a medieval ...

We paid a visit to Tallinn, Estonia today. It is such an interesting little country. It is quite small and has a mid-evil feel to it with a generous castle wall that winds through the city. It is only 50 miles by sea from Helsinki and Finland has a good rapport with the Estonians as their language is closely tied. Estonia recently became independent only it 1991 from Russia. I am learning when in doubt, always answer "Russia." Who invaded Finland? -Russia. Who once owned ...

... loads of women, and only a few men. The staff were semi naked blokes, complete with Angel wings, and when peeing at the urinals in the blokes loos, there was a one way mirror so we can see women doing themselves up at the sinks in their bathroom. All quite bizarre! Lazy day on Saturday, where we just went shopping at the local shopping centre. This involved me sitting on a bench with a bottle of coke, and Chie disappearing foar ages ...

... Mul p*lut*kse kõrv*l ood*t* lennufirm* esind*j*t. Tuleb poiss, kes viib mind tr*nsfer office'sse. Teh*kse mingi p*ber j* p*lut*kse kell* kolmeks t*g*si tull*. Korduv*lt pärit*kse p*g*si *rvukuse koht*. Internetti on, *g* *rvuti pe*b end*l olem*. Mul ei ole. Seeg* loen trepil r**m*tut, kuni t*gumik külmet*m* h*kk*b. Ed*si veed*n *eg* kell* otsides. Minu telefon näit*b veel Mongooli* *eg*. Kell* lei*n ...

Ahoy Ahoy, I'm starting to get to the more unexplored places.. Our first Baltic country is Estonia, a fairly small country The population is 1.4 million Their curreny is the Kroon, or crown in English, and $1 CDN equates to about 12 Kroons... The costs of food and drinks here is pretty reasonable, so long as one doesn't make a habit of eating in the pricey tourist areas ...