Susi Tallinn

As it happened, Wednesday seemed to be the perfect day for me to take a trip to Tallinn, Estonia. Tallinn is about two hours directly south of Helsinki via cruise ship. I decided to do another day trip there.

I really don't mind wandering around cities on my own. It's kind of fun actually... You don't have to worry about anyone else--so you can take your time, eat, or pee when you want to, and it doesn't matter to anyone else :)
Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia missyjoymel

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... Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Church, and we eventually got to go inside. It's less ornate than the one in Helsinki, but also less aesthetically attractive from the outside, at least to me. I really liked the Finnish cathedral's dark red brickwork, but that's just me. After some more walking around and church-hunting, it was time for Brittany to leave, so the two of us took a taxi to the airport. She got there with plenty of time to get through security and all that, so I took the ...

... their view must've also extended to the enemy's rear. Kiek in de Kök could be visited until six o'clock, and at that time I had not even been in the street yet. Now I could see it only from the outside. So I continued my walk. On up the Harju, the next landmark was St. Nicholas church, or Niguliste kirik. It looked as if it was on top of a mound of rubble, or at an as yet unfinished construction site where workers and machinery disappeared for a vacation of an ...

... to avoid being ripped off by unscrupulous (usually Russian) cabbies. She then offered to come in early the next day and make breakfast for us if we wanted, she even bought back orange juice and snacks from the shop when she went there for her own purposes. Christina the astonishing, as I shall refer to her from now on, had waited past her normal finishing time so she could be there to check us in, and we were surprised when she packed up her things and bid us goodnight ...

... in downtown Helsinki at 10.30 this morning and as we left I took some photos. After a two and half hour ride we pulled into the port city and I walked the kilometer or so in the soft rain into Tallinn's Old Town. The Old Town in Tallinn is supposed to be one of the best perserved medieval cities in Europe and I could see why. It is entirely self-contained and away for the modern hotels and office ...

... area and thus was the centre of the nightly parties. The old city began just across the road beyond a large square where diggers were carving a space for the installation of a highly controversial monument to the freedom of Estonia (from the Soviets). Beyond that a cute cobbled road led directly to the heart of the city, the town hall square called Raekoja plats. The square and most of the roads were cobbled, all the buildings were old, cute and ...

... into town by 6 for her to teach so i I wandered up to Tommpea again to take twlight phots from the lookout (i am very pleased with my digital camera!) On my wander home I picked up some Höögvein at her local supermarket (I loved they play cheesy 80s song like "You`re the Inspiration" by Chicago over the PA) when Mai got home at 9 we reheated last night`s potato and chatted about relationships.

Tallinn, well where do we start? Cheap as chips, party town, great sun and sand and did i mention CHEAP!!! This one might sound a little more appealling to happy travellers. About £1 ($2.50) for a beer, now you can't much better than that. We stayed at an awesome hostel run by young people who were mainly backpackers. There was an underground bar in the cellar of the hostel and a sauna. IT WAS ...

... never left the old town itself but criss-crossed the beautiful touristy heart of Tallinn several times before deciding that enough was enough. Time for a bit to eat and a beer or two. Traveling with a gourmet like Alf Kåre, you just have to set aside time for some restaurant visits. In fact we managed to have two dinners that night, both restaurants turned out to serve us excellent food. We continued to a couple of hip bars before we ended the night at ...