Monday, August 25, 2008

The medieval town, Tallinn, Estonia

We took a cruise from Helsinki, traveled south, to Tallinn, capital of Estonia. It took approximately 2 hours by Tallink, 39 euros for a round trip ticket, plus 5 euros service charge, for a Sunday trip.


The Tallink cruise.

It was not a good start, because it started to rain after we boarded the cruise.

2 hours later, we landed on the soil of Estonia. We exchanged 20 euros of Kroon, bought a 6 hours Tallinn Card to freely access the museums and other scenery in Tallinn, and began to explore this foreign land.

The plan is to visit the old town.


The entrance we took to enter the old town.


Street along the town.


Seriously, I can't really name all these buildings.

With strong chilling wind and rain, the excitement was starting to die out.


Took from the top of the highest tower in the town.


Another shot of the town.


Old building structures in the town.


Some memorial stone I guess?

We had our lunch in a restaurant at the middle square area, the price is comparable with Helsinki, but the portion is definitely smaller.


Chicken pasta.


Pork chop with wedges.


Another church in the town.


The city wall.

Walking in this chilling weather, with most of your shirt wet, and tired, it's really not something pleasant.


Tallinn was a Russian city, so there's resemblance in their building structure.


Another tower in the town.

The town is awesome and unique, but with this kind of weather and temperature, nothing seems to be catching your eyes, and can't get any enjoyment which we suppose to have.

1 comment:

JET said...

yeah... the weather did spoilt the mood... and the photo quality too....

too bad... but the building and street is quite special.

2hours boat ride... is the boat stable? any vomit feel??