Monday, September 06, 2004
Tallinn
It was already a month on the road as we arrived in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. From a linguistic point of view, something totally new for us: Estonian being an uralic language close to Finnish, it has nothing to do with our usual indo-european stuff.
The old town of Tallin is very pretty, with it´s late medieval/hanseatic buildings and winding cobbled streets.
The higher old town offer some nice viewpoints:
But besides sightseeing, we also had some more serious matters to look after, like applying for our visas to Russia and get a replacement for a defect bank card.
Through this, we met Mr.Keerov, a colleague of Claudia´s father, who very kindly drove us around and introduced us to his son Artur. Then Artur and his girlfriend Eva guided us in and around the town and provided us with good insider tips to Estonia. A great pleasure meeting them all!
The old town of Tallin is very pretty, with it´s late medieval/hanseatic buildings and winding cobbled streets.
The higher old town offer some nice viewpoints:
But besides sightseeing, we also had some more serious matters to look after, like applying for our visas to Russia and get a replacement for a defect bank card.
Through this, we met Mr.Keerov, a colleague of Claudia´s father, who very kindly drove us around and introduced us to his son Artur. Then Artur and his girlfriend Eva guided us in and around the town and provided us with good insider tips to Estonia. A great pleasure meeting them all!
