Telegraaf Tallinn

... something out of the most boring city ever and went to a recommended Skyline Bar, which was on the 26th floor of a massive hotel, where you could see a full night view of Riga. It was a really posh bar, so we could only really afford one drink each...but we sat on sofas and admired the view for a couple of hours, so it was quite nice. We´d noticed that there were a lot of homeless people in Riga so we gave away our last change in Lats (the Latvian ...

... suu l*hti jääks. Siis v*hepe*l oli miski Hitleri teem* ettepoole, et br*sili*n cut jääks t* vuntsideks. Ikl*st üle, ei mingit riiete v*het*mist ning üle piiri jooksmist. Ooo shengen. Kui me me mehhikl*sed oleks, oleks me ilmselt veelgi rõõms*m*d olnud. Üsn* pe* jäi tee äärde miski kõrge tool. Need lätl*sed on ikk* päris lollid- peks*v*d pooled mets*v*rud toolideks kokku j* l*udu ei ehit*gi. Eero ronis tooli pe*le ning *utom**tselt oli poisil v*n* sõj*veter*ni hääl, mis meid reisi l ...

Today was the Big One - mission to St.Petersburg andd trying to get over the Russian border. I think we were all expecting that with the issues with the Estonia Police, the V5 docs and the cart alteration... Russia could be tough to crack. We set off from Tallin at about 9.15 am (it was pretty overcast and cool again this morning). Frank's directions were a little off first thing... I don't think he had his coffee this morning. Using Andy's mobile GPS we seemed to get going ...

... Bergen were all members of the Hanseatic League. Not to self, go to Bergen to complete the set !!! Next up was the former headquarters of the KGB. Closed, and so was the church next door with the tower you could climb !!! Into the Russian markets we went, and unlike the one in Phnom Penh , everything was written in Cyrillic, Sala was being sold, and everyone looked dodgy !!! Babushkas everywhere, but no photos !!! Across was the wooden ...

... to turn into a motorway to Tartu and Narva, two other Estonian towns, somewhere as it left Tallinn. Also, right there at the intersection with Liivalai, there was a building of a conspicuously Soviet, or Stalinist style, to be precise, with a tower on whose top there was a wreathed five-pointed star. I didn't know right then, and couldn't find out later, either its original or present purpose. That intersection was also the beginning of the Rävala puiestee which was leading me back to ...

... old buildings. Being quite a hike up from the old town, and out of reach of buses, there were much fewer tourists up there. The Russian orthodox cathedral up there is Aleksander Nevski Katedral - that's where the old lady was begging on the stairs. There were 3 lookouts from Toompea - the first looked mainly at pretty uninspiring Soviet buildings. The second & third lookouts had lovely views over the old town & towards the Baltic Sea. David still wanted to go up a tower, while ...

... where an estonian singer and a english guitar player were doing a gig, they were really good. We then went to a cool party afterwards and i got home at 5am, having to be up at 8am to make sure i catch the ferry to helsinki for my flight to Tokyo, so wasnt feeling the best Well thats is me done, will update you about Japan, so goodnight or afternoon for you guys Will update with pictures later, problem with doing it at hostel

... it's godless materialism and nihilism. Certainly through the message we propogate there will be some who will ask "what's it all about?" Some will break out and reach out for true values after seeing both political oppression and materialistic emptiness. Personally, I can't thank God enough for the values He's opened to me through His Truth and has given my life meaning and purpose. As I look at people on the streets I see them existing in the darkness and ...

... los edificios pintados en tonos pastel. Parece una ciudad de cuento. La gente es muy amigable. No ha habido problemas con el idioma pues todos hablan un poquito o bastante ingles. Creo que eso ( y puede que la enorme sonrisa y ojos azules de las estonias) ha animado a Andy a aprender y chapurrear algunas palabras en su lengua. La verdad es ...

... are very dark on a cloudy day). She took us to a dark, interior room, and asked us to look at something in the ceiling. We never figured out what she wanted us to see. When we finished walking around the place and were about to leave, she told us to sit down and showed us pictures she had taken of various cloud formations. Yes, we could see an "Indian", "rabbit", "angel", "some saint" and the others...well let's say "twilight zone music plays here ...