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Tallinn, Estonia

I'm back from the Scandanavian cruise and it was amazing!

One of the most unexpected surprises on my trip was visiting Tallinn, Estonia, which was the city I was least looking forward to seeing, but ended up being one of my favorite stops. The medieval old town looked like a town in a Disney tale. It's a corny comparison, but I couldn't help but think it looked like the town of Far Far Away from Shrek.

While walking the cobble stone streets, Raphael and I tried their local Saku beer and had thin crust salmon pizza (every corner seemed to have either a cafe, pub turned pizzeria) outside Town Hall Square.


We also walked up the many steps of St. Olav's Chruch tower for some magnificent views of the city.

Never been to Estonia? Well, take a look at my video for a view into this wonderful city:



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  1. AnonymousMay 27, 2009 at 10:01 AM

    Im going on the next trip!!!!!!!
    JC

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  2. aprilshowersMay 27, 2009 at 12:21 PM

    Thanks for sharing. Looks great!

    April

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  3. sukiMay 27, 2009 at 3:44 PM

    i've always wanted to visit Tallinn. :) glad to hear you had a great trip!

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  4. KatelinMay 27, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    okay that sounds fantastic. and yummmmto the pizza!

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  5. Melody SimpsonMay 27, 2009 at 8:04 PM

    That looks like so much fun!

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  6. SusanMay 27, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    Thanks for sharing the video! It is pretty cool how the modern buildings wrap around the old city. Glad you had a good trip!

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  7. KatyMay 28, 2009 at 12:21 AM

    OMG!! You really did go to Far, Far and Away! So cool. Love the video (much better than my Dublin stuff).

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  8. UnknownMay 28, 2009 at 12:02 PM

    That looks amazing and untouched by tourists. Glad you had a good time.

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  9. audreybegin@aol.comMay 29, 2009 at 2:32 PM

    looks like the setting for chitty chitty bang bang where that guy is searching for CHILDREN in the square. Hollywood can definetly do a lot with that place.

    Audrey

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  10. DancinghotdogsMay 30, 2009 at 7:05 AM

    Wow wish I would have come it does look like a Disney film.

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  11. AnneliJune 2, 2009 at 4:50 PM

    I have a question. Why where you least looking forward to come to Tallinn ? Was it because you had little information or you thought it was too small or the USSR thing ? I must say you are not alone a lot of the people who come are Positively surprised

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  12. TaraMetBlogJune 2, 2009 at 10:15 PM

    Anneli- Good question. It's because I knew very little about Estonia or Tallinn and thus was pleasantly surprised.

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  13. AnonymousJuly 24, 2009 at 11:29 PM

    Hi Tara~I enjoyed watching your videos of the trip. Talinn was my favorite, too. And wasn't Russia awesome?

    Fun to meet you and Raphael. All best wishes to you both,

    dian

    diancurtisregan.com

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