Tallink Spa Tallinn

... a random tourist sometime in the early 2000's....Tallinn was the closest I feel like I've ever felt to being in medieval times... I mean the castle, and the archers, and the restaurants. More so than when I was in London--but that could be because London is more modern....and so large...not sure. Then again, I've never been to other parts of Eastern Europe or even Ireland or Scotland, so Tallinn may be eclipsed in the future. The walls ...

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... at a strategic position at the crossroads of trade between Western and Northern Europe and Russia. And as such it had to be heavily fortified with sixty six defence towers and those walls I was now trying to walk along. Well, a part of them, anyway. Germans brought Lutheran Protestantism into Tallinn, so Estonia is nowadays predominantly protestant, and that was one more thing that sets it apart from Lithuania and Latvia. Some new guests arrived thereafter, this time ...

... were up on stage having a race to see who could be first to eat a whole can of cat food. Classy! It was the funniest and most disgusting thing I have seen in quite a while. The eventual winner was gagging with every mouthful, and both contestants had a deadly serious look on thier face. It turned out this was only one heat in a series of events leading up to the final round, which was another race to be the first to finish a mystery drink through a giant straw with both ...

... with the many grey blocks of flats so beloved of the Soviets, but our hotel proved to be ideally positioned by the old Port Gate to the Old Town and close to the harbour. The hotel itself was state-of-the-art, with our 'room' being a split level suite all furnished a la Ikea and with the bonus of a 'Baltic View'. Interestingly it had formerly been an engineering factory during its Soviet days. The breakfasts there were plentiful buffet style ...

SEXTA-FEIRA, JULHO 04, 2008ESTONIA - A primeira impressão é a que não ficaPopulação Estônia: 1.340.000População Tallinn: 400.000População Tartu: 102.000População Võru: 14.500População Pärnu:  45.000 Quantas vezes já não ...

... hands with other competitors. In addition to this, over the next few days there were all sorts of musical shows and so on, mostly centred on the town square. After exploring the Old Town, including climbing up the steep spire of St Olaf's for grand views over the city, we decided to explore the new town. Near the water was a massive ferry terminal, with huge cruise liners. We went in and on the spur of the moment decided to take a day trip to Helskini ...

I liked Estonia. Stayed at a really cool Hostel totally run down but bursting with Charm. OK it wasn't that run down just total choas it seem half the people staying there also work there. Come to think of it they were because if you volunteer you could stay there for free and everyone knows how far a backpacker will go to save money. What else to say.

... appears in modern Tallinn as the -a suffix can denote the genitive case (thus Tallinna Lennujaam translates literally as Tallinn's Airport). Historical names The German and Swedish name Reval (Latin: Revalia, earlier Swedish language: Räffle) originated from the 13th century Estonian name of the adjacent Estonian county of Rävala. Other known ancient historical names of Tallinn include variations of Estonian Lindanise (see Battle of Lyndanisse), such as Lyndanisse in Danish ...

... phonetic latin script made me laugh - it comes out as 'djeqmz'! Having already spent a few days here and it not being the largest of towns, I was left just counting down the days until I could jump on a bus to Russia. I spent a lot of time reading in the comfortable Kehrwieder cafe - it reminded me a little of my prague tea house - and also lounging around/spinning poi in parks, despite the growing chill in the air. On my final night, I was having one last walk around town ...