Hi there,
We approached Tallinn in beautiful sunshine 27 degrees, arrived
at Pirita marina which is the old 1980 Olympic stadium which is 6km from the
city, but only a short bus ride away. The beach is still full of people and
lots in the sea. Lots of trees completely different coastline to Scandinavia. Tallinn is
the capital of Estonia
and the next day we caught the bus to the old town, which is beautiful all
cobbled with narrow winding street and beautiful buildings and cathedrals. We
had iced coffees in the square overlooking the flower stalls and girls in
costume selling them on the streets. What a wonderful atmosphere, we like Tallinn very much . We
follow our map all around the old part of town, had lunch outside in one of the
many restaurants, food was very good quality and well displayed, also had the
local cider drink chilled with strawberries. Went to the ice bar where they
serve Vodka in iced glasses, then we passed a few hours people watching at a café
on the main square.
Decided to stay here a few days, had a
beach day and explored the local supermarket which was as good a Tesco’s
so I restocked. The marina had a feel of Cherbourg
as all the yachts and motor boats were coming across from Finland for cheap
beer and wine wheeling crates down to their boats. It also has an inside and
outer harbour like Cherbourg.
On the third day we just made sure we
had seen everything and revisited town and walked more…. But very hot
temp through 30 deg so cooled off with lots of local beer and cider.
What a wonderful place.
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View of Tallinn from our berth
in the marina
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Olympic Stadium which
is now the marina
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Beach overlooking the
marina, David’s eyes kept popping out more pretty girls then men
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Lovely old houses
with rusty tin roofs, all very rustic
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Main
street to old town
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They smelt absolutely
gorgeous
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The main square on
the old town packed with restaurants and people all day
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Constant buzz of
people from all countries
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Want to try archery?
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Had to watch my step
as quite steep and slippery the cobbles were wearing away
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One of the many
churches
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Everywhere we go we
seem to see a wedding everyone claps as they pass must be a tradition
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More cobbled streets
and people drinking
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Tourist information…
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Met my knight in armour
not quite shining..
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Maybe he was slaying
this dragon
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This city was well worth visiting had a
lovely feel to it the weather also made it very special.
Love to all
Suzanne & David
Suzie Too xxxx
( We are setting sail tomorrow moving
further down Estonia
towards Parnu about 140 miles so might to it in 2 hops..)