Blogs from Estonia, Europe - page 11

Spend our first whole day in Tallinn learning about Estonia. All with a background of rain. It mainly rained very lightly, but all day long. Dryed up in the early evening though. We took a walking tour of Tallinn, called the Free Walking Tour, as you pay only what you think they deserve. Mart who led the tour, offered pointed commentary of the current and past political and cultural scene in Estonia. It was an excellent ongoing lecture. It's history is similar to Poland's, has they were(are) situated between stronger more agressive European states. The people had been treated virtually like slaves in some ways. The Germans, Swedes, Danish and of course, worst at least in recent memory , the Russians. The Russians continue to taunt the Estonians. The Estonians are tightly aligned with the European ... read more

moscou le 24/04/15 jour 55 Bon j'écris un peu après coup donc c'est comme je me souvient: J'ai du vous laisser quelques part en Lituanie, perdu dans une station service a Marijampole! Le lendemain donc après une nuit pas très reposante me voila lancé pour Vilnius dans le 1er bus ! Les paysages lituaniens sont ravissants meme si j'ai passé l'essentiel du trajet a rattrapper ma nuit. Vilnius une capitale plutot calme, le centre historique tout pavé est vraiment classe et il y fait bon vivre! J'y passe la soirée tranquille chez une couchsurfeurs très sympa, Goda. Merci en lituanien c'est un mot que j'aime bien: Atchou Le lendemain je suis reparti sur la route pour ce qui sera une des plus longues journée qui soit: Levé de bonne heure, je traverse la ville en trolleybus, ... read more

Geo: 59.4392, 24.7586The beginnings of our first full day in Tallinn was spent looking for some form of breakfast and some half-drinkable Coffee. Despite Helsinki apparently being the 'coffee capital' of Europe, the coffee was very bitter and not that nice; Tallinn didn't look like being much better. We finally found a little bakery just off the main square and had some very nice croissants and what Chris tells me was a delicious hot chocolate. This was followed up by some nice traditional Glogi (im relying on you to correct this!) from the Christmas market. After this we wandered around the cobbled streets of Old Town Tallinn, exploring the little nooks and cranny alleyways and desperately trying not to fall over on the snow coloured cobblestones. We then decided that as we wanted to go to Narva, ... read more

Estonia 2012 Something a little different. I'd seen a picture of Tallinn once, a real old medieval town. How could you not want to see that with your own eyes? Trust me you won't be disapointed. A beautiful place.... read more

For some bizarre reason, talc powder simply doesn't exist in Estonia. Is it due to a talc shortage the world over, unlikely I think. Such a base item in Australia, I just assumed that I would be able to buy it in the supermarket. Alas it looks like I might have to find an alternative to ensure I end the ride with any kind of bum at all. Without it, I think I still would be suffering the adverse effects of chaffing after my last ride with Eddie. Anyway I digress. So the day after I last blogged, I did meet with Christian again. He gave me his maps and I gave him a coffee in exchange. I think I could have survived in a time where the exchange of goods was more important than money. ... read more