Tallinn (2)

So the following days in Tallinn, I really was quite bummed out because of the weather: Why

does it affect me so? :( In any case, I chilled out at the hostel (Monk's Bunk) a lot. The people were just too wonderful and everyone had so many stories of adventures to share!

There isn't much in photos and all the ones I just tried to upload, blogger(read: google) decided to not upload for me. In any case, my remaining days at Tallinn were surprisingly interesting although all the tours I wanted to go on got canned. More specifically, the gun shooting which I absolutely wanted to do was NA because the place was too far, and no one else was interested, and the transportation there costs about 40e. Then the trip to small town Paldiski where an old Soviet Union sub base existed also got canned because the tour's car broke down. All in all, quite depressing.

His presence is everywhere.

I decided to go out on walks the next day to the not so busy new town area -- it was quite bland since I was basically walking in a suburb. The church I discovered looked pretty cool from the outside, but alas I was not meant to be inside since it was closed. Circling back to old town around lunch time, I ran into a series of narrow back streets and I just had to take some photos. :D

Yes, it was raining hard.

At night, I went back out for more walking. This time, I went uphill and found the PM's home. It looks pretty impressive at night when its perched over the outside of the city. It looks toward the north and the Gulf of Finland, and it was surrounded by a faux moat about 50m below the foundations of the building. Walking up these stairs almost killed me.

White as marble.

Goodbye Tallinn!

I met a Canadian, a Lithuanian, and a German on my last day and we all had a hearty breakfast. Hostels - that's what its all about isn't it? Meeting new people, exchanging contacts, understanding different cultures. Since I was due to leave this day, I wasn't able to go on the other tours they had signed up for. The clouds opened up for a brief moment this day. Specifically, they opened up for the one hour that I would be out by myself, walking towards the ferry terminal. Some things are just magical aren't they?

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