Stroomi Hotel Tallinn

... Estonian rural culture and architecture.

Saaremaa is the largest island belonging to Estonia, in the Baltic Sea. We went there for few days and had so much fun exploring the island, the nature and learing about people.

Now, we are ready to explore Russia. We need a visa which with a help of a travel agency we obtain after couple of days and big payment.

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... city of Tallinn began. It's set on top of the hill, kind of like an acropolis, and the stone provides a natural barrier. Located on the hill are the parliament building, a bright pink monstrosity that incorporates the local history by swallowing two of the original stone towers into its outer walls. In Europe, there's so much history that they can't just knock it down and build over it - they almost *have* to integrate it with time. Anyway, one of the dominating features of the hill is ...

... in de Kök Tower, which is said to have been the strongest cannon tower in Northern Europe in its time. Built in the late 15th century, the name it carries is in fact German, even if not exactly of the variety you'll hear at your German university lectures. It basically means "peek in the kitchen", since the guards up there had an ongoing show, free of charge, of always being able to have a fresh look into the kitchens of tenants in neighbouring buildings. Well, from time to ...

... at so far. As far as hostels go it isn't the flashiest or the prettiest we have stayed in, but the welcome we received was amazing. The name of the girl behind the reception desk was Christina, and from the moment we stuck our heads through the front door she was the friendliest and most caring and helpful hostel person I have ever met. She checked us in, showed us our room, told us all the good places to eat and go for a drink, where the shops were and what we should ...

Yes you read that correctly. Autumn. I waited and waited for summer and warmth here in Helsinki, ... and it never came. They are telling me now that is just going to start raining more and more and getting cooler and cooler. Damn, ... at least the sun is beginning to set at times I am used to. I went to Tallinn, Estonia or in Estonian, Tallinna, Estee ,for the day today. My cruiseliner laft the ...

... the reviews of the hostel on the web, he looked a bit sheepish. However, the vibe of the place was great, it was dirt cheap (7 Euros a night) and about 5 min away from the old city. The hostel was made up of old converted apartments - ours had a new kitchen, large living area complete with a sheesha, and two bedrooms. The first night we had the apartment to ourselves. We didn't much sleep at the hostel since our apartment was the only one with a ...

... it`s like visiting an old friend!). Mai went to uni and back and then at 2:00 we headed to the Estonia Open Air Museum - like one i saw in Russia it was set in a forest, had lots of old farm buildings, cabins and the like and was very peaceful and calming (still love those Autumn leaves!) In one of the buildings we had homemade cheesecake and mulled wine (Höögvein) - v. yummy! We had to ...

... 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

... all. No wonder I guess with the amount of low cost daily flights from Scandinavia and the UK. The old town was booming with hip bars and restaurants and we spotted more than one newly rich zooming past in a posh car. Never having been to an old Soviet state, I am not sure what I expected, but must say I found it quite similar to back home in Norway. The price level was another tiny surprise, still kind of cheap but certainly nothing out of the ordinary ...