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Blogs from Tallinn, Estonia, Europe - page 9
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August 24th 2009
We were a bit embarrassed when we got on ferry board - How Tallinn looks like? Is it more interesting than Helsinki or Turku? We heard some positive opinions and some people recommended estonian capitol as worthy to visit. We hoped so. On the ferry Ania immidiately found confortable seats for her, for me and to put our stuff but I wouldn't to sit inside during the cruise through sea! No, it isn't me. I felt I want to spend this time taking a breathe of sea air and feel just a bit as sailor or seaman. Why not? (-: I left outside and spent all of cruise on stern board for taking a pictures. Wheather was very nice - sunny, no even tiny cloud was flowing on the sky. We passed some ships but I ... read more
August 23rd 2009
After returning to Arlanda airport in Stockholm, we breezed our way back through security (have I mentioned how much less painful it is to travel through Europe?) at the international terminal and perused the duty-free store, picking up url=http://www.cybercandy.co.uk/aaasmt/index.php/url_indprod/xlc_2185/Mentos%20Lakrits%20%281%20roll%29.htmltasty candy morsels. Ambling toward our gate for the ARN -- TLL flight, we started to experience a sense of deja-vu. We got to the gate 45 minutes before the flight, and . . . again, no one there. We checked the departure boards for cancellations or gate moves, checked the nearby gates, and it looked like we were in fact in the right place. Every once in a while, we'd see one or two more people sit down at the gate, but n... read more
August 22nd 2009
photos seem difficult to add sometimes - so map only here - central Tallinn - the green area to left is labelled Toom park - in Estonian its Toompea - where all the important things like the Parliament and a couple of very interesting churches are - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (still trying to upload pix of those) and that of St Mary - which is completely different - lovely organ which was playing when I visited - and very involved and elaborate coats of arms all around the walls... read more
August 21st 2009
OK folks - in Tallinn and this day 3 and I leave tomorrow - to go somewhere - better have a read and work out where that is going to be I expect! as I have been so slack in getting myself organised to "do the sights" I had to book an extra nite (but its very nice here anyway of course - medieval city blah blah) in the St Olav's hotel (more on that later) on the net via Expedia-AU as it is way cheaper than paying direct here - I paid around 750 E Kroons - local rate is 1100 I think. the main purpose is to post some of my own opix - rather than those borrowed form the - er - public domain as have all the otehrs previously - thank you ... read more
August 21st 2009
tie dye? no hippies really, just running out of titles for these things. This is my 4th night in Tallinn - and I have not seen a lot really as too slow to get going and so forth - knowing that it is not dark til 10pm really means that you can justify (sort of) not getting out of the hotel room til 3pm (like today) - but I was updating my photo blog Mum, gimme a break. well another photoblog update, now that I have solved the technical problem, and can take suitably small files separately to upload to keep youse updated with the visuals. And I guess Tallinn, being medieval jewel blah blah is like that - and I still almost always get lost trying to find my hotel - and I have been ... read more
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August 7th 2009
Tallinn, Estonia Yippee!!!! Marion and John are onboard. And the luggage is here too. Once they settled in, we left to explore Tallinn. The city has been an important commercial port throughout its long history. It is located fifty miles from Helsinki, Finland and many Finns come across by ferry to party and pick up cheap liquor. Tonight, Madonna will be performing so we expect to see Madonna fans as we tour. We board a Hop-on-Hop off bus, HOHO, and ride through the modern lower town. The weather is sunny and Tallinn sparkles. The real gem is the Upper Town, an amazingly well preserved medieval town. Estonia has been under the rule of the Russians, Germans, Danes, Sweden, Russia and finally independent in 1991. The language of Estonian is similar to Finnish and Hungarian but most ... read more
August 7th 2009
Tallinn: 2nd - 5th August 2009 We saw Madonna in Tallinn. There. I said it. Now, you are probably having one of two reactions. You are possibly thinking: “I can't believe they paid money to see that nutty lady.” Or, you are thinking: “I bet that was a great show. She's quite a force in music, and a performer that anyone should see.” As we've all noticed, being the King of Rock or Pop equals hazardous duty, and I've come to the conclusion that, even if you aren't crazy about a major artist, you have to see them because there may not be another concert. This was the rationale behind seeing REM a year ago. I'm not a huge REM fan. I like some of their music, with the exception of their new album. But, they're ... read more
August 6th 2009
Hey, I just got back from Tallinn, and having expected to find a bunch of stag parties dressed in Telly Tubby outfits and shouting abuse at everyone, imagine my surprise when that turned out NOT to be the case at all... I had a fantastic trip - Estonians are so friendly! Of course I followed my usual path of going the alternative route - the Funky Bike tour was great, took in a bunch of Soviet legacy buildings (I'm secretly in love with concrete blocks!) and met some great people. Full story + others at my website www.goyourownway.info :- Anyone is free to submit stories to the GYOW site!... read more
July 20th 2009
After a 6 hour train ride, picking up our car in Helsinki, then a 2 hour ferry ride, we arrived in Tallinn, Estonia. We stayed with couchsurfers again, and this time it was Luis and Maria. They are from Venezuela and moved to Estonia a couple years ago. They were very nice. We took a walk around the old part of Talinn with Luis and then met up with Maria. The old town looked like a village in a fairy tale, and I liked it a lot. The next day while they were working, daddy and I walked all over town. I climbed all 258 steps of St. Olaf's church which at one time was the highest spire in the world. We saw an old KGB headquarters. We took a small choo choo train around the ... read more
July 15th 2009
We've arrived Tallinn at 2:00pm from Riga, 400km East of Latvia, and we can tell the big difference betweens the two : Tallinn has the similar size of Riga but the city is so much busier, touristy, expensive, and commercial as in anywhere else in Western Europe, it was quite hard to believe my eyes that I was stepping on the old Soviet Republic. The tram rides from the Central Bus Station to the Old Town, costs almost EEK 20 (US$2) each and ten minutes later, we got off just outside the UNESCO Heritage Old Town of Tallinn. img=http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs114.snc1/4839_121776620545_528085545_3367712_6962696_n.jpg Our first day in Tallinn was a beautifully hot sunny day. We started at the Viru Gates, the two picturesque towers as one of the most famous landmarks of the old city wall. Once past them, we ... read more
