Saturday, May 19, 2012

May 17, 2012 Tallinn


We slept like babies last night.  Smooth seas and a full belly makes for a good night.  After breakfast we met up with friends and jumped on a hop on hop off bus for a tour of Tallinn.  Tallinn was under Russian rule until a few years ago and the city shows it.  The old city is interesting, but the old neighborhoods are in disrepair.  There is controversy about who owns what.  The people that think they own the houses do not want to put money into repairs until they are sure that they own the house.  The renters do not want to put money into a house that they do not own, so we have a catch 22.  Hopefully it will be settled shortly as there are a lot of historical homes in Tallinn.

The Castle and the churches look great.  The old shopping area still has cobble stone streets and the area is quite quaint.  We had lunch down there and then walked around for awhile before heading back to the ship.  We both picked up some trinkets to bring back with us.

The flag of Estonia is three stripes; blue on top, black in the middle and white on the bottom.

Pictures of Tallinn 

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