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After a breakfast of muesli and yoghurt, washed down with bacon and "egg", I left the hotel and walked through town to the Kaubamaja Centre to look at buying a ticket to Helsinki. Decided that the 47€ return was too expensive so made my way through the shops to the tram stand, and waited for the number 3 to Kadriorg.
This beautiful part of town comprises traditional wooden houses. So I started by the Swan Lake and paused at Kreutzwald's statue, before heading off to the Kadriorg Palace. Unfortunately, this was closed for renovation from today until end 2012!
I therefore moved on to the Presidential Palace, Peter the Great's Cottage and the Kumu Art Museum. This latter proved to be rather interesting, particularly the only floor I managed to see which covered Estonian (i.e. Soviet) art between 1945 and 1991. Large canvases covering such topics as
Tractor Driver Convinces Others to Rise to the Challenge of Socialism, stand next to minimalist drawings of
Happy Workers.
After a coffee and foxberry pastry, I walked the newly renovated Rose Garden to the Rusalka monument and subsequently along the promenade, past the Maarjamae War Memorial, towards Pirita.
An hour
Hollywood Nightclub ...
... although the stars give away the fact that this was a 1960's era cinema!later, walking through the hot sun and I decided to stop by the Yacht Club (La Piritas) for lunch.
Happy and full, I wander across the road to the ruined convent, before catching the bus to the TV Tower. Inexplicably, I opted to take the lift to the observation deck where, 173m above ground, I hung on and tried to admire the view!
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