Blogs from Estonia, Europe - page 6

Spent just one night in Tallin, which was sufficient. The old town is fairly condensed with encroaching buildings that obscure the view. Folks here are rather different than Scandinavia. Drivers more aggressive, especially the taxi delivering us to our apartment. There is less refinement. We board another ferry for a hop across the eastern Baltic to Helsinki. Unfortunately Trump and Putin will also be there, creating a traffic nightmare and making our movement more difficult. There seems to be no reason for the meeting, other than assuaging Trump's narcissism. Oh well, we do have a few shots of Tallin for you.... read more

Bonjour à tous, Exceptionnellement je commence ce blog à 13h en attendant le départ du bateau à 15h. Hier au soir je me suis un peu lâché sur le resto. J’ai super bien mangé, un saumon grillé, avec des petites pommes de terre nouvelles, brocolis, sauce aux champignons, un régal, un service de classe, la note très peu de différence avec une simple pizza, Dans mon petit hôtel vieillot, une chaleur à mourir. En Europe, contrairement à l’Amérique du Nord, il n’y pas la culture du sceau de glace. Je me suis toujours demandé ce que pouvaient bien faire les américains à venir chercher des glaçons jusqu‘a tard dans la nuit. Et quand ta chambre est à côté de la machine à glaçons ça tient bien réveillé, surtout dans les petits hôtels comme hier. Mais malgré ... read more

A day in Tallinn Tallinn is the capital of the country Estonia and is actually the national capital that is the closest to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and the city we live in. To go from Stockholm to Tallinn is really easy. There are several direct flights each day and there are also ferries going between the two cities every day of the year. On this trip we took a ferry because it was cheap and because we enjoy going on ferries. It is very convenient and time efficient way to travel. You board the ferry in Stockholm in the late afternoon and wake up in Tallinn the next morning. There are restaurants and bars on the ferry so if you wish you can have a "night out" at the same time as you transport ... read more

We are here and it’s been quite the adventure. As I write this, we have been awake over 31 hours. I have NEVER been this emotionally or physically exhausted traveling. Our flight out of Chicago on the world’s second largest passenger plane was delayed 30 minutes because 70 passengers were missing. The plane was huge by the way so 70 passengers didn’t feel like lots of missing people. Lufthansa is a German airline so the overhead announcements were in German followed by incredibly muffled and quick announcements in a hard-to-understand English. We boarded the plane, waited for the missing passengers, and finally, the German pilot comes on and says a bunch of gibberish in German and follows the announcement in English with “No passengers so we leave.” And so we left 30 minutes late with lots ... read more

I saw a post once, an advertisement on Facebook I believe, showing photos of Tallinn in Estonia. This captured my attention immediately and I knew I had to go . So when my uncle (a travel enthusiast also, it must run in the family!) asked me if I wanted to go, I jumped at the chance, this was amazing!**fact of the trip** Wi-Fi was founded here in Estonia! I bet you didn't know that!We found cheap flights, leaving the UK early Friday morning and returning late Sunday evening giving us just over 2 full days to exp... read more