Here is the first part of photos from my Estonia/Russia trip.
On the way to Tallinn I had some time for a little walk around Helsinki to refresh some memories from the last time I was there. When I arrived in Tallinn in the evening I was picked up at the port by my Estonian roommate and his best friend. He spent the Easter vacations at home. They brought me to my hostel and showed me a bit of Tallinn. The next morning I already had to check out of my hostel. I stayed at two different hostels, because there were no good hostels free for all three nights, only for some of them. The first hostel was a really calm and quiet one while the second one was more of a party hostel.
The next day I joined a free (based on tips) walking tour around the city, which was very interesting and in the evening I joined the party in my hostel. On the third day I met some of my friends from Tampere who were also visiting Tallinn. We had a guided tour at an abandoned prison and did our own little pub crawl in the evening. On the next day I took the ferry back to Helsinki to continues my journey to Russia…
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- Underground bus terminal in Helsinki
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- This was just before the elections in Finland…
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- …one of the candidates even brought a mobile sauna!
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- Train station
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- Finally it looks like spring!
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- Market hall
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- Already my 2nd hostel, sorry I don’t have pictures of the 1st.
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- Ice skating near to the city center
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- Labor baar, we went here on the last evening
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- Independence monument
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- Market square
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- Memorial for Boris Yeltsin for his role in the restoration of Estonia’s independence
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- I had breakfast here on the 3rd day
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- Modern shopping center
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- This is a medieval-themed tavern, they serve elk soup, pies and homemade beer.
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- Abandoned prison
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- It’s used for art exhibitions today.
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- Not a part of the prison, this car was outside of a marine museum which was unfortunately closed.
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- Labor baar
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- Tallinn’s skyline from the ferry
