Tere from Tallin

Tere my friends!

I am in the most amazing place in the Baltic region....Tallin. Now's when I really wish I had the camera!
Right in the centre of the city is a Heritage listed village-the Old Town. Old Town is just like it was about 3-4 centuries ago. Medieval churches and buildings with winding streets made of cobblestones. Very romantic.

It is also full of tourists and it is interesting to hear all the different voices in one place. The town is extremely easy to navigate cause you just head in one direction and you pretty much make to it where you want to go. I have been to an amazing church for merchant guild members and the usual Russian Orthodox. Both were very different....the merchant church was about the Brothers of the Blackheads- (great name for a guild eh)- was more austere and I was pretty sure that I was walking on top of coffins/crypts in the main part of the church.

My "apartments" are about a 1/2 hour walk from the Old Town. Admittedly I have only been visiting the village and not too much in the city. My feet have finally mostly recovered and so I went for a walk to the Tallin Race Course this morning, which was fairly ordinary. The apartment where I have been staying is gorgeous! It even has a kitchen, so I have been able to save on food.

Today I am headed for Amsterdam and then on to the UK...nervous about British rail having read lots about how complicated and slow it is....but nothing like a little adrenilin to keep your energy going.
More later.....
Genie