John Nick and I travelled across the Gulf of Finland to Estonia for a day trip. The trip from Helsinki to Tallinn ( the capital of Estonia) is about 2 hours by ferry - a distance of 80km. We spent most of the day in the Old Town. The weather was wet and cold - but Tallinn was very interesting. A long day - we left Helsinki at 8am and Tallinn at 9pm to return home.
Boarding the ferry in Helsinki at 8am
Helsinki harbour with the Cathedral in the background
Arriving in Tallinn
The new part of Tallinn - we didn't go there
Entering the Old Town
The Holy Spirit Church dating from the 13th century
An ornate clock on the tower of the Holy Spirit Church
The Town Hall Pharmacy - claims to be one of the oldest continuously running pahrmacies in Europe
Nick in the the Town Hall Pharmacy museum
St Catherine's Passage - a walkway in the old town. Under the cover on the left is a display of some ancient tombstones
A street in the Old Town
John and Nick outside the Estonian History Museum
One of the towers on the walls surrounding the Old Town
Lunch in a cafe
My pasta dish
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral - a Russian Orthodox cathedral completed in 1900
Toompea Castle
Harjumagi park
Kiek in de Kok tower - translated as "Peep into the Kitchen". So called because the soldiers occupying the tower claimed that from its top they see into the kitchens of the houses below. Built in 1475 and has nine cannonballs embedded in its walls from a battle in the Livonian war.
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