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Links: to Copenhagen Baltic cruising :Day 1 - Copenhagen to Oslo Day 2 - Oslo Finale: Copenhagen encore
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Tallinn, Estonia. 8 June 2014, Sunday
Thunder and driving rain didn't make things took too good for our day in Tallinn, but since it was probably going to be my only chance to see this jewel of a medieval town, we rugged up and clambered into our wet weather gear, and headed off to cope with the cobblestones of Tallinn's Old Town |
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The cobblestones are actually probably the worst I've ever seen - that is, the hardest to walk on! I presume they've been repaired at times over the years, but in an effort to retain some authenticity, comfort and ease of walking has come second. There were at least three cruise ships in town town, ours by far the biggest, and thousands of us tourists surged through the alleyways and back lanes of the old town, like locusts on the move. |
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We're now underway, heading east for St Petersburg, and the second time zone change of the cruise. The forecast for St Petersburg tomorrow is 23° and sunny. And the weather did improve in Tallinn today as well. |
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We
snapped at everything with a conical tower, but the star of the
show was the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, with its multi-coloured
onion domes, which was surrounded by hundreds of tourists when
we were there. Our visit coincided with Sunday Mass, and so we
heard some lovely choir music as we entered. It must be hard
for the local worshippers to concentrate on their devotions when
there are hundreds of tourists milling around, ignoring the
"quiet please" signs.