Blogs from Tallinn, Estonia, Europe - page 21

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Fica na parte velha da cidade. A casa e (n sei onde se poe os acentos nestes teclados russos...) velha e esta recuperada. duma janela vejo a calcada de pedra da rua, pedras grandes, o frio, as casas velhas e a ponta de uma torre enorme e ponteaguda de uma igreja enorme. Estamos satisfeitos.Chegamos. No nosso quarto esta uma rapariga Sul Koreana, que exibe orgulhosamente uma fotografia dela e do pai natal tirada na Laponia ( Pinland is bery cord!! ) e um homem estono que tresanda e fala de noite ( em estono,naturalmente... Porque e que a agua quente acaba tao depressa?!! ... read more

We've come to the end of our stay here in Tallinn, and will be very sad to leave. It's such a beautiful city, much more so than I (Ciara) could have imagined. The Old Town is entirely surrounded by huge city walls and battlements, and everywhere you look you see another amazing piece of architecture, from the Alexander Nevski orthodox cathedral to the gothic town hall tower in the main cobbled square. Here there was a huge Christmas tree covered in lights, and just around the corner they sold the most beautiful smelling cinnamon nuts from an old cart. We arrived on Sunday 7th around midday, and spent the whole afternoon wandering around and getting our bearings. The second day we walked out to the western suburbs through all the residential areas where there was a ... read more

Saelt veri folkid!! Vid erum lentum i Tallinn i gaer eftir eina letta og svefnlausa nott i köben, kiktum med Beysa uta lifid og forum svo til Kaspers og krössudum thar, vöknudum svo 20 minotum adur en taxinn atti ad koma nadum samt badir ad sturta okkur og pakka flestu (gleymdi einum helv... poka) adur en taxinn kom. Eftir thad var brunad uta flugvöll og drifum okkur i röd (bissnes class) sem var baedi stutt og gekk fljott fyrir sig en vorum sidan sendir i eina lengstu röd sem eg hef nokkurntimann stadid i 1 & 1/2 klukkutima seinna vorum vid komnir a barinn og ordnir slakir. Flugid til Tallinn tok 1 & 1/2 tima og vid lentum heilir a hufi tho ridgadir eftir gaerdaginn, skiptum dollurum i kroon og tokum leigubil nidur a gistiheimilid 15 ... read more

I was up bright and early this morning for our expedition around northern Estonia. I was greeted at the front desk with some good news - my bag was in the country and being sent my way! Woo! The Dutch guy who owns the hostel wrote a guide book (THE guidebook in the Dutch speaking world, apparently) to the Baltics and was going to be showing us some cool places around the north in his funky old blue minibus. You always seem to get a good mix from Youth hostels - today was no different. Accompanied by an older Taiwanese lady, a student of Chinese literature (who spelled every other word out to make sure we understood her), and a crew of other backpackers we took to the roads. We drove out of Tallinn past a ... read more

So, the adventure really begins! I was up at 5.30 this morning to catch the plane from plymouth to Gatwick and then onto Tallinn here in Estonia. I made the trip fine, however, my baggage obviously wasn' t so fortunate and hasn't made it as far as Tallinn... After filing my lost baggage report at the airport, I attempted to find my way to the hostel. I took a bus that looked important and hoped for the best. The bus took me through some pretty ropy looking neighbourhoods and past numerous sex shops and what I assume are brothels down to the harbour. Tallinn is used by Finns who come over from Helsinki (100ks over the water) to buy cheap booze. And boy do they buy - I saw one guy with a fold-out trolley filled ... read more

It was! Took it easy the first day. Day two got up early to see the city. Turns out (We weren't paying attention when we arrived) we were situated right in the middle of the old town. The polish weather followed us and it poured rain the whole day. This drove us to a tour of the "Oldest City Hall in Northern Europe" and vast improvement in our knowledge of limestone. Who knew there was so much to know about limestone...... In fairness the interior was beautiful and quite interesting. We found an english bar as the craving for burgers was too strong. Ended up heading back there that evening for a few drinks. Met two guys, one Estonian and one Russian. The Estonian guy convinced us he had contacts in every nightclub in town but ... read more