We docked in Tallinn
this morning. We had a ship tour of the
old town organised.
My info sheet says “Tallinn
is unquestionably one of Europe’s most magical capitals, competing even with Prague in the richness of
its architectural heritage. “
Estoina has had an extremely difficult history fought over
for hundreds of years and in recent times it was occupied by German troops
during the First World War it then became a free agent in 1918 for the first
time in hundreds of years. Independence came to an end in 1940 when the Soviet Army
occupied the country and became part of the Soviet Union . Their desire for independence was
demonstrated in peaceful mass meetings and finally their dream was realised on
October 20, 1991. In May 1993 the
Council of Europe voted Estonia
a full member.
Our guide for our tour was excellent as they always are,
very informative, friendly we always feel our experience of a place depends
greatly on one’s guide. We stayed in
town after our tour and caught a shuttle back to the ship. A place one could easily take more time to
enjoy, again we felt safe. We walked
thru the flower sellers market gracious me I have not ever seen such roses the
flowers were indeed beautiful. Again a very
lovely day weather wise as well. Sabine
and Sam
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