Swissotel Tallinn

... I decided to get directly on one of those double-decker buses to tour the city. From there, I figured, I could see where I wanted to get off and check out. Yeah, that lasted all of twenty minutes. While I was interested in the historical information, it was really hard to take pictures from the bus. You'd get a glimpse, and then it would disappear from view. So, I hopped off at the top of the hill, and worked my way down. Sounded good to ...

... J*ns* j* K*rin j* Oll läksid otsim* kõige r*hulikum*t b**ri, sest kär* oli är* tüüd*nud j* sinn* n*d istum* jäid. Ülejäänud läksid istusid välimuse järgi kõige korr*likum*sse koht*, mingisse ste*k housesse, kus käis s*muti live muusik* ühe kit*rristi näol. Jõime õlled är* j* siis läksime mingisse koht*, kus pidi püssig* l*skm* mingit huinj**d, et s**d* mingit huinj**d. 20lt eest pmst siis s*i Eero end*le 140 punkti väärtuses stuffi v*lid*, mis tähend*s umbes ühte v ...

... back to the hostel in Old Town. Genevieve, Colin, Kelsey, and I spent the rest of the evening cooking frozen pizzas, hanging out in the hostel kitchen, and playing Hearts and Spades. (No euchre yet, I don't know how keen they are to learn it) The next day was my last in Tallinn because I had to work on a paper, but all the others were staying around, so we just walked around and looked at things. Also working against us was the fact that it was Good Friday, so every museum and tour ...

... length. But of course, it wasn't quite like that. At first sight already it was visible that Estonia was an organised and orderly country, in many ways different from the two I had previously visited. That infamous mound of wreckage was left there unremoved on purpose as a vivid reminder of Soviet bombing in 1944 and all the buildings that used to stand there were reduced rubble. The church, too, was seriously damaged in those bombing raids of 1944. However, unlike its ...

... is the first hostel I have stayed in where there are no staff actually there over night. We were left to our own devices, and normally at this point would have completely run amok and taken advantage of the lack of supervision, but she had been so lovely and nice to us it would have been like slapping your mum in the face. We headed out ourselves soon after to find a meal and a few drinks, which we did in an Irish themed pub called "St Patricks". The food there was ...

... Tallinn also has. Steeples and towers rise all over the place and the narrow, cobblestoned streets combined with the rainy weather took me right back to ancient times. It being a Wednesday afternoon and rainy, there weren't many tourists out and about, and I had my pick of what I wanted to see and I didn't mind getting a little wet to do it. I got to check out Europe's oldest pharmacy, as well ...

... The old city had the distinct feel of a museum piece, filled with tourists, cafes, medieval theme restaurants and art shops. The city was intriguing and fun to explore with two distinct parts - an upper city surrounded by high defensive walls and the lower town, also surrounded by medieval walls. Surrounding the old city was a green park which was the former moat and beyond that a modern sprawling town. Most of the nightlife is based in the old ...

Up 10:46. Staggered around trying to make a cup of coffee and eat before leaving after 12 to walk into the old town of Tallin (this is beautiful - one day I will have pictures here but in the meantime look it up yourselves!). It`s only 15 minutes away but I didn`t use a map so it took me 45 before I got where I wanted to go! Did a few pictures but the important ...

... That great infact that we stayed for 6 days and loved every minute of it. We saw the sun rise everyday, weather it was from a night drinking down in the cellar or out at one of the local clubs (you can see by the photos that there was a lot of alcohol consumed). The staff of the hostel would take everyone out and the party lasted all night long. It was amazing that we actually found time to see ...

... touristy and popular disco. 24 hours to discover a city like Tallinn is not much, but unless you plan to spend a lot of time straying out of the old town, partying or shopping, it may actually just be perfect. Don't get me wrong, I found the old town of Tallinn very nice and I am sure you can spend a lot of time there, however with just 5 days on our hands and with two more capitals to go, 24 hours turned out to be superb travel planning. Vilnius next up...