tags: Tallinn Estonia, travel, photography, Europe
Tallinna sadam, Eesti Vabariik (The Port of Tallinn, Estonia).
Image: Ralf Roletschek (Wikipedia) [larger view].
[NOTE: Does this announcement sound familiar? Hopefully, I will not have this trip ruined by undergoing surgery to have a piece of titanium screwed into the bone of my wrist this time, which cost the travel insurance company more than $10,000 -- and still counting. Ahem.]
I am SO EXCITED! As if spending three glorious weeks in Helsinki, Finland isn't enough, I will be visiting Eesti Vabariik, or Estonia, tomorrow. I will arise at the buttcrack of dawn and travel by ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn, a two hour ride. According to my sources, the ferry has a free wireless connection, although I don't know if there are any outlets available (but it seems reasonable that there would be), so I might be able to publish something for you first thing in the morning (which is the middle of the night for you Americans).
I plan spend most of the day wandering around in Tallinn's famous Old Town, where architecture reigns supreme. I am already charging up all my camera batteries so I will be ready to share the sights of this gorgeous city with you upon my return. Some of the sights that I plan to capture for you is the Alexander Nevsky Russian Cathedral, the Estonia Medieval City Wall and Tower, the Estonian Parliament Building and Tall Herman Tower and (of course!) the medieval pub, Olde Hansa, along with photos of the cobblestone streets and the Old Town itself, but if any of you have suggestions for other sights (where is the Dominican monastery, for example?) that I must see or photographs you'd like me to share with you, please tell me now and I will do my best.
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