My first evening alone... 44 degrees in the shade
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Jul 04, 2005
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Trip End
Jul 18, 2005
Tartu,
Estonia
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
I took a look at the temperature, since it has been hot for the last 10 days. And the digital signs told me : 44 degrees...in the shade...probably the heat was so overwhelming that the temperature reader went crazy.
A large part of Tartu's charm is that it's an incredibly easy city to explore on foot. The most interesting bits are all concentrated in the same general area, which the historic Old Town flanked on one side by the leafy Toome Hill and on the other by the peaceful Emajõgi river
44 degrees in the shade
.In the afternoon Mikhel gave me his keys and went hitchhiking to Tallinn. I went to Café Wilde and called Hedi who had promised me to bring some Estonian music.
Café Wilde (www.wilde.ee) is a vast Irish pub built inside an old, brick printing house. The menu is a good mix of Irish and Estonian, with Tipperary Pie offered alongside Baltic Herring.
In the afternoon Mihkel came back, saying that hitchhiking didn't work and when he tried to take a bus coming back to Tartu, he got caught for not having a ticket. You can say it was not his lucky day ! We had some light dinner together and then he left again to go to the bus station to catch a late bus for Tallinn.
I am now alone, going to the Tsink Plekk Pang. (www.pang.ee). The name might sound like Chinese, but Tsink Plekk Pang is actually Estonian for 'zink plated bucket'. This gives you already a clue that this four-storey establishment is not meant to be taken took seriously. Of course you can eat chinese here, but also choices like 'crazy lamb', rusty busty pork' and 'angry cow'. They serve great milkshakes too, bye the way.
And then it's in my bed, because tomorrow is a action-packed day with visits to Toomi Hill.
