Tallinn Estonia

Tallinn is a great medieval town with a fortress around the old city center. We had most of the day to wander the town but sadly it rained on and off all day.

We started our day on a hop on hop off bus. We bought the tickets online which just caused all sorts of issues. Neither bus line matched the name on our email. Regardless we got on and got to the old town very easily.

Tallinn is pretty much a shopping experience. There were stores and booths everywhere. There were ladies knitting and selling their work or maybe just knitting while selling pre made items because everything was pretty similar but nothing looked mass produced.

We shopped until it started to rain then went up to the medieval wall which was covered. You could pretty see the whole city center.

The rain didn’t last long and the sun came back out so we returned to the ground to continue our wandering.

There were several churches but most were now museums so we only went in one and it wasn’t much. I don’t think it would have mattered the roads were winding cobblestones paths went up and down small hills. It was like the great hills area of squeezed all together with tiny little sidewalk type roads.

After checking off the local sights we started our serious shopping. There were amber stores everywhere and even though I already bought my pieces I continued to shop (I had to make sure I got a good price for my items). There were also a lot of shops with typical Russian souvenirs. It hasn’t been that long since Estonia was part of the USSR. In hopes of having even better options in St Petersburg I stuck to wool items for my purchases. I hope it gets cold enough to wear my new wool hat with the traditional Estonia pattern. I might have to book another trip this winter somewhere cold.

We didn’t make the day without more rain so we decided to get back on the bus and ride it back around to the ship. Not much to the bus ride.