On going to Tallinn I knew it was the capital of Estonia and a former Soviet Union state but apart from that I knew very little about it. Tallinn is divided into two parts - Old Town and New Town. The Old Town is very old, full of churches with beautiful architecture. It has a wall that goes right round the old town and you can climb up some stairs onto the wall and have a great view of Tallinn. It has the pink Toompea Castle where the parliament of Estonia is. Across the road from there is the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. St. Olaf's Church is another site that you mustn't miss as it is the third heighest church in the world and beautiful to look at. I also went to the Town Square which still had a massive Christmas Tree all lit up in the centre.
The New Town was nothing sadly to the Old Town and lacked character and identity. I only went to see the bus terminal and the railway station and I was not too impressed. I think they are just trying modernise things there by putting up modern bigger buildings. I much preffered the Old Town.
Got the ferry back to Helsinki which took around 3 hours so got back to my hotel around 8pm. It had been a good day and I probably enjoyed Tallinn more than Stockholm just because it had more character.
Take care.
Robert
