A day in Tallinn

Today we had all day to explore Tallinn. We spent the morning looking for a laundry mat as it was time after a week to get it done. We went to one place listed in the guide book as being open at 8 and will do your laudry for you, wash, dry and fold and you pick it up the same day. Problem was they don't open at 8. Chris found that out the hard way. So, he went back at 10 which is what the sign on the door said and that time there was a lad there that spoke no English and only pointed to the day of the 25th on the calendar as if to say, "I cant do your laundry until the 25th". So we found another place and went there. To make a long story short we spent the whole of the morning and in to the afternoon doing laundry up till 1:30. With that business finished we headed out to explore. Unfortunately right about the time we were done with laundry it started to rain, and turned much colder. It must have dropped about 20 degrees in around an hour. Made the sightseeing miserable. Thankfully
Tallinn is so beautiful it made you continue in spite of the cold, wet weather. Sad thing is that now, the skies have cleared and it looks like clearing is on the way. But the day is done. We need to get to bed for our 6:15am wakeup call to make it to the airport for a 7:50am flight back to Stockholm.



We found lunch at the local McDonalds (of course) then headed off to the town square. In the town square was the town hall with a tower, we climbed up the tower and had a great view of the town, though it was pretty windy at the top with the storm. We then toured the town hall which was pretty cool, dating from the 15th century and completly restored. We then did a walking tour from our guide book that took us through all the small cobbeled lanes and churches as well as the overlooks for some great views of the town. It was pretty cold today maybe in the 50's? Our coldest day yet, hopefully tomorrow it will warm up. We stopped in the afternoon at a cafe to get hot chocolate to warm up. Can you believe it? It's July! and 100 degrees at home, it feels like fall here. At least that gave us a chance to fill out some post cards while we warmed ourselves up. After dinner I came back to the hotel to pack for tomorrow. We have an early flight 7am out of Tallinn back to Stockholm where we pick up a rental and head south to Kalmar. It's about a 5-6 hour drive from Stockholm but we plan on stopping lots along the way and hopefully do some sight seeing.

More tomorrow.

Chris and Anneka