Geo: 60.1608, 24.9525Helsinki. The only reason we are here is because flights to Tallinn were too long (19 hours!!) and/or too expensive. I think it's fair to say that our, well my, expectations weren't especially high. However, I was pleasantly surprised and, not for the first time, had to eat my words. We landed and took the cheap and convenient public bus to the centre of town. After spinning in circles for a few minutes, we realised that we were right next to the train station and near the tram stop needed to get to the hostel. A 15 minute tram ride later and we had arrived. The hostel was set in a huge red-brick style building 300m from one of the main ferry terminals. We had booked a double room which, with it's heavy door, and
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