Tallinn, Estonia

tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day Barrel. Barrel outside a restaurant in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities Inside the church. Inside the entrance of St. Olav's Church in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day Inside the spire. Inside the spire of St. Olav's Church in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. (Photograph of the outside of the spire) Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day Gate. Gate through the fortress wall in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day Spire in the Sky, 2. St. Olav's Church, Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day Spire in the Sky. St. Olav's Church, Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day Loodus Muuseum. Natural History Museum in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) Hang on, I thought I saw an owl up there! Loodus Muuseum, close-up of the owl. Natural History Museum in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day Flame. Lunch in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day Outdoor Theatre (originally a courtyard). Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day Colors. Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day Doorway. Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day St. Olav's Church (Oleviste kirik) is the tall spire on the right. Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It was first placed on a map in 1154 and archeologists have found the first traces of human settlement in Tallinn's city center that are approximately 5000 years old.
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…
tags: Tallinn Estonia, travel, photography, Europe Tallinna sadam, Eesti Vabariik (The Port of Tallinn, Estonia). Image: Ralf Roletschek (Wikipedia) [larger view]. 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…