Scandic Palace Tallinn

Today was a fairly casual day without any true plan. That's always a good time when I can sit back and not worry and just wander. Tallinn, Estonia was where we stopped, although it was a bit shorter then the rest of the stops with only 8 hours on land. After sleeping in from the late night before, finally got off the boat around 11am and just meandered. I had no expectations of this country, since I've never even have heard about it ...

... m*d kui Läti om*d. Nõnd*ks, v**t*sime P*l*ng* üle, p*rkisime *uto p*rkl*sse, ig*lpool on mingid venn*d tee ääres om* stuffig*- siin on no kõike- m**le, merev*iku, mõlem*t korr*g*gi jpm. Päris mitu lõbustusp*rgil**dset *sj* on k*. Eero j* Kärt käisid mingi slingshoti*sj* pe*l, oli 40litti per kärss, *g* oli väärt. Õhtul on uus pl**n minn*, *inult purjus pe*g*. Mein k*mpfi l*uldud j* teisigi eestl*si koh*tud, läksime t*g*si p*rkl*sse, kus on üliäge pissu**r- toru *semel on *uk j* kõik l ...

... road will now go by sea as well. We're both looking forward to getting our sea legs and getting out telescopes out hopefully not across out blind eye to spy new land across the way. Oh arrr me hardies, (Lord Nelson famously put his telescope to his blind eye in the Baltic sea). It'll be my longest sea voyage of 17 hours so here's hoping its not too rough. Its a massive ferry so I'm sure I'll be fine. Until then...

Sadamasse suundun Järve keskuse kaudu - seal on ühendatud nii Matkasport, ehituspood, toiduvarumine kui ka võimalus raha vahetada. Key Ehituskaubad osutub küll kohaks, kus on ainult õhukest kattekilet, mis telgi alla panekuks ei kõlba. See-eest Matkaspordist saan lisaks uuele gaasiballoonile ka travellunchi-nimelist kavalat asja koos hulga kiidusõnadega. Oma isikut ...

... Russian cuisine. Game is popular - I tried the wild boar, as well as duck in cherry sauce. I decided to try the stroganoff my last day. They offered two versions: bear and beef. Unfortunately the bear hunt had not gone well recently so beef it was. I made a visit outside the Old Town to the Occupation Museum - a well worth journey to see exactly how Estonians suffered through both Nazi and Communist occupation. Hundreds of thousands of Estonians were ...

... is in the mid twenties, and I believe sunset is around 10:30. Today has been set aside as a recupuration and get over jetlag day, however, I may go out into the old town for the festival tonight. The town looks alot like Skara Brae from the old Bard's Tale games, very nice. Pictures coming in the next day or two, when I can get them off the camera.

... interesting to see all the major trends in art like Cubism, romanticism etc. reflected out here. I was amused by the art done for Russian propaganda (like Stalin at the front - ha!!) but i was very impressed by the tortured Estonian artist Eduard Wiiralt - his etchings were very sexual and corrupting and the film based on two of his masterpieces (Caberet and Hell) was quite disturbing! Walked back to Mai`s (yes, i ...

... Ethan as they stayed a few extra days in London and for Steve and Lori as they traveled all around the country side. Thank you to everyone who supported the team, via donations, prayers and encouragement. Special thank you from the kids to Joel for all of the tennis shoes the kids loved them and have sent you a few things, and to Jim and Mary for the T-shirts. Blessings from the 2007 team

A grey morning in Helsinki. Time to move onwards. I met my friend Eini in the afternoon. We were both in Berlin in the summer of 2005. And had not met each other since. Was really nice. :) We took the ferry m/s Galaxy to Tallinn. This ferry is brand new, not like the old ones where drunken Finns have over the years thrown ...