Goodbye to Tallinn's Old Town

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Gates (from the inside).

Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.

Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)

Do you know how, when an amazing experience is coming to an end, and you just want it to last a little bit longer, you fill your eyes and your heart with as many memories as you can get in those parting moments? This is what I did, and I also snapped photographs of anything, just to preserve those last moments.

The shadows were falling, it was time to return to Helsinki.

Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.

Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)

Darkness was coming ..

Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.

Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)

One last photograph of a building against the sky ...

Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.

Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)

One last look down a narrow cobblestone-lined street ..

Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.

Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)

One last look through a mysterious passageway and down an unexplored walkway ..

Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.

Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)

One last look over my shoulder at the towers and gates guarding the entrance to Tallinn ..

Gates (from the outside).

Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.

Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)

Goodbye Tallinn. It was an amazing experience. I hope I am lucky enough to return one day, maybe to spend a couple days.

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Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I've just returned from spending a few weeks in Guatemala, and I did exactly that-- filled my eyes and heart and camera card with all that was Guatemalan, to hopefully tide me over until the next time. (It's already gone. Booo.)

I love that gatehouse, especially the shot from the inside.