Thursday, 20 December 2007
Tallinn, Estonia
I was in Tallinn over the weekend and had a really great time! Tallinn was really beautiful and it was easy getting around cause everything was so close to each other. Hmm like Singapore really. And I had great company while I was there too. :) Here are some pics we took when I was there.
A bird's eye view of Tallinn and the buildings and houses and stuff. I think that tall tower in the middle is St. Nicholas' Church. It was marvellous to see everything from up there.
We were also in the Old Town where there were a lot of medieval things. Olde Hansa is this medieval-themed restaurant we found which was really cool. All the waiters and stuff were dressed up and they had interesting decor and music. Too bad it was fully booked when we were there. :(
Some other interesting things in the old town. Store selling jewellery made of amber.
We caught Santa trying to climb into someone's house!
Town wall and medieval towers. And the other tower is the Maiden Tower I think, which apparently was used as a prison for prostitutes back in the old days. Oh I love the name of some of these towers. There's a Tall Herman tower, Fat Margaret has a tower too and our favourite is Kiek in de Kök :). (NB: MA, I just checked up on that. It was the most powerful cannon tower in Northern Europe in the 16th Century. And it means "peek in the kitchen". Oh kök! Same as Swedish. Doh)
I really love how the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral looks! It was built when Estonia was part of the Russian tsarist empire. And the interior was really grand and very golden. Really interesting.
Ohh this was across the road from the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and I thought it looked so pretty! So pink! I wouldn't mind living there at all! This is Toompea Castle which is the seat of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia (called the Riigikogu).
And then we also went to the Occupation Museum where we learnt about the period when Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union and briefly by the Germans. And then while we were walking around I saw this statue of the head of some guy who apparently was an Estonian hero. Thanks CH :)
*Renee*
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