I stay in Tallin in the basement. No windows, no daylight, but it ia very clean, modern and very close to the old town. I paid 27 euro for twin room with bath and basic kitchen…
Weather today. is cloudy with permanent light rain. I went to the old town anyway. It is great with a chain of ghd walls and many stone towers. The best known of them is Fat Maggie – it stands closest to the port. On the top of old town hill there are: the castle (housing the present parliament) and two big temples: protestant ToomKirk (2 euro entry fee) and Russian orthodox St Nicolas cathedral. St Nico, built by tsars is very tall and has 3 beautiful ikonostases in the interior, but photography is strictly prohibited – even out of the service times.
I was walking around the lovely market with many sidewalk restaurants. It is common that the waiters are in the national or historic costumes. This creates the special atmosphere… I like Tallin – also because it is so compact. I returned to my basement wet. It is time to dry all clothes. Let’s hope that tomorrow the weather will improve 🙂
