Hey anyone whose reading this. Sorry for not posting for a few days, I've been enjoying my vacation too much to write! I'll try to get up to date today. Here's the first installment: (I did write first bit on the day but didn't get a chance to post)
This morning Mom and Aunt Deb went to the sauna in the hostel before breakfast. I, being a typical teenager, decided to get another 45 minutes of sleep. Then we went down to breakfast. Uncle Chuck had also been in the sauna. After a quick breakfast, we got on the tram again. We switched trams at the train station and rode out to the dock for our boat to Tallinn. We painlessly checked in and grabbed a coffee at the coffee shop, whilst waiting to board the boat.
We had to walk a ton to get to the boat. It was much bigger than any of us expected, closer to our cruise ship than a ferry. It was a fairly uneventful ride. we grabbed a table. I played cards, the others read or wrote in their journals or played on the iPad. Once we docked we had to walk a ton again, Uncle Chuck joked the we walked 10% of the way to Tallinn. Once outside we caught a cab into the old town where we are staying.
Our hostel wasn't ready for us so we went to the store and got food for a picnic. We found a park and sat under a tree, while we were eating. Then we were ready to start sight seeing.
First we just wandered. It was beautiful, think quintessential medieval old town. Cobbled streets, old stone buildings and red tile roofs. We found the town square with the old city hall. There were the usual tourist traps; restaurants with servers dressed in medieval clothing and such. There were stretches of the old wall.
We stopped in the Church of the Holy Ghost. It was pretty with wooden carvings and an organ. There was also a piano which someone played magnificently. Then we headed to the Russian Orthodox Church. It was even more amazing than the one in Helsinki. After that we went back and checked into the hostel. We stretched out on ours and most of us took a nap, me a long one.
Our stuff stored in our room, we headed out to dinner. We ended up at German brewery.The meal was enjoyed by all, particularly Dad, who raved about the beans and sausage. As we were sitting sipping the last of our drinks, we decided it was about time to call home again. I'm glad we're here and not there. Apparently it's been very hot. I wish to send some cool breezes your way.
After calling home, we wandered again for awhile before heading back to the hostel for bed. I had trouble going to sleep due to afore mentioned nap.
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