Another nice stroll through the cobbly streets of medieval Tallinn, called Pikk and Vene and Viru. Then I accompanied Lari to the ferry. He's off to his home with latvian friends and then to Sweden, and I will be going back to Riga on Monday. We'll meet at the Helsinki party end of August, with lots of our friends from all over the world. So for now and for a change, I was on my own again. And I loved it! :-)
I met Batmannu in a small cafe close to her office. We talked a lot on our mutual friends from chat, but also on her life in Estonia. Then she had to do nightshift until the morning, but we will have time to meet in chat. (Which we did!)
In the afternoon and evening I enjoyed discovering beautiful houses and narrow alleyways in the old town, dating from 13th to 16th century. No wonder it's world heritage!
Finally I went up the castle hill to top my weekend with the best view from there onto Tallinn, the harbour and even further. It's a nice little old town, and you can relax and feel comfortable in here. You might even feel at home, if it wasn't for the tourists.
But it's charming in a special way, more so than Riga, which is bigger and busier. All the same I'll take the bus back there today. I would hate to miss out on the ethnographic museum. I already was too late to get into the city museum in Tallinn yesterday!
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