The following day we caught the tram that stopped near the harbour and headed into the old city of Tallinn. We never really worked out how to pay the fare, but it didn’t seem to matter!

  Tram in Tallinn

It is a delightful town and we enjoyed exploring the old streets and squares, walking on the city walls as well as visiting the museums. We particularly enjoyed the relatively new Museum of Occupation, which had a well presented display of newsreel and artefacts relating to the Russian and German occupations of the 20^th century and explored how Estonian nationalism survived and developed during these periods in spite of the repression practised by both regimes. It was good to learn that traditional folk singing played a large part in the establishment of an independent Estonia.

  Unusual inhabitants of Tallinn

Views of Tallinn – road repairs were not uncommon

  This memorial commemorates the people who dies in the wars for Estonian independence

Views from the city walls

  Museum of occupation

This building was The House of the Blackheads but I think they were a religious movement rather than suffering from bad skin!

Fat Margaret Tower; home of a maritime museum

Old diving equipment inside the maritime museum