Category Archives: Estonia

Turning back Time

The ferry from Stockholm was more of a cruise liner than a ferry (just with massive car and truck decks as well) it came complete with cabaret, disco ( open til 6am – I didn’t check) and quite a range of restaurants. I almost wanted the journey is be longer than 15 hours. But we arrived in Tallin by 10am and I loaded up the bike again and joined the exodus form the ferry.

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As it turned out there 4 Cruise ships in town today so the old city was quite crowded with a considerable variety of languages spoken by the tour guide. I even hear Australian! Continue reading →

The different faces of Tallinn

Most people are aware of the World Heritage Tallinn and all tourist tours dutifully troop around it and give sound bites of information, probably forgotten by the time the visitors leave for the day.

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Don’t get me wrong, it is a lovely place and worth a visit but it comes with the accoutrements of successful tourism, scores of cafes, restaurants, souvenir shops competing for business. As well as pay a euro to climb this tower, 5 euros for that one and so on.

However, wandering off the cobble stones and beyond the old town I came across old wooden houses, quiet and showing their age, but with the sound of families inside.

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 My biggest surprise was Linnahall.

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