The central part of Tallinn is called old-town. It is a well preserved... old town. Right down to frequently re-laying the rocks that make the streets and footpaths.
ARTchitecture :p
White Bar. A "futurisitic" looking bar with many screens, and pulsating lights that slowly cycled through different colours. The look was much like the feel of the seats... tacky.
Protest Bar. ha haI had stayed in a lovely backpackers in the heart of old-town for a week. I loved the place so much and had met some awesome people.
In the 12bedroom dorm was a group of German friends travelling together. Up on the post, taking a photo was one of them.On the first night I checked into my hostel at 11pm on a Saturday night by a very kind man who didn't have to be there, I'd asked if he could recommend some local bars to check out. He recommended a semi-underground (literally and part colloquially) bar identified by an orange light at the stairs going down to the entrance. At the bar I ordered a drink next to this lovely lady who then proceeded to introduce me to her friends, and we all continued to drink and chat into the night/morning.
Indra. A lovely Latvian lady who made me feel very welcome.I liked my week in Tallinn so much thanks to this fascinating woman. We hung out alot and went to many different places around town. It was great.
Brotherhood/fraternity ceremony room. At 3:15am (thank you photo timestamps) we were getting ready to leave and I started talking to a member of the oldest fraternity in Tallinn. He was very keen to tell me all about it, and he also took me to their headquaters around the corner, and showed me their ceremony room.I must confess, this was probably not the smartest move to go this alone, but I'd sensed he was a friendly guy just wanting to share his excitement about the fraternity.
It was a little weird though whilst telling me about the ceremonies, decided to bang the unsheathed ceremony sword against the table.
spaghetti
a bus mid transformation to a tram *transformer noise*
Empty snob shop. I think all the potential customers where out doing better things.
Mr Project. Now, where is Mr Coffee? I always have Mr Coffee before working on Mr Project.
Human processor?
Gates of hell
Yet another element to add to the periodic table, Bosphorus. I think it goes next to Saffronium.
More beauty of Tallin. The second photo here is of a public stage often used by students.
A modern Mary Magdalene?
Old-town with hightech spa dvd player
Bike hired through the hostel. It allowed me to get out of old town, and take a look at some recommended trails,
I was tempted to climb up one of the ramps with the bike and try pedal fast to jump the gap... but I think I would have failed.
Did anyone watch mortal combat, with scorpions trademark phrase "GET OVER HERE!"
Old town from afar
near water avec bike
an abandoned house
down a hole in the ground (where gas/water pipes would go)
And so that was Tallinn... sorry for the belated completion of this post.
I will make a post to briefly fill in the gaps in between then (Oct2008) and now.
