Sophie's travels 2011-2012: 27/01/2012 Tallinn, Estonia

We got up and going early and posted some cards on our way into the old town. We wandered around the old town a little, to St. Olav’s church and found some pretty crystals back in the old town near the main square (which has Europe’s only surviving Gothic town hall). We then joined another free walking tour which took us to the peace/independence statue, back up through the Gate tower (1380) to Toompea for more amazing vantage points out over the old town and to the Alexandra Nevsky cathedral again which was handy for defrosting the toes (another freezing day: -12 degrees). The tour guide was good but talked a lot which meant we spent a lot of time standing stationary in the freezing snow… We learnt a bit about Estonian history and saw inside some more cool churches including the Pikk Hermann Bastian and the Danish Kings courtyard on Lossi Plats. After the tour we stopped off at a little souvenir market where I got my fridge magnet and we got some lunch before catching the tram to Kadriarg park where the old palace had been turned into a museum which was amazing to see inside. There were also ice sculptures in the park which were pretty amazing. We walked back from the museum through the trees and snow and Alanna made a snow angel – very cool. We caught the tram back to the old town and found a nice Estonian restaurant for dinner then made our way back to the hostel for a few drinks to celebrate our last night together. We swapped photos and I packed my gear ready for my 2:30am departure to the airport for my flight to Russia.

Estonia was amazing, especially the medieval old town in Tallinn – my favourite Baltic country!