Start point. SF-Caravan Hymenlaaksory, Finland.
Finish point. Hestia Hotel Susi, Tallin, Estonia.
Distance. 110 Miles. + 2 hour ferry crossing.
Total. 3050 Miles.
Todays the day I head back over the water into mainland Europe, there’s a little bit of me that just wants to stay here in this Gorgeous country and not bother coming back, before the trip I thought it would be Norway that would entice me, with its Fjords and mountains but I’ve really fallen in love with this place, it’s people and it’s laid back attitude, it comes across as a plain Jane of the Scandinavian countries and no doubt is not everybody’s cup of tea, but, (with an Austrian accent) ” I’ll be back”.
The trip down to Helsinki for the ferry was the first time in over 1500 miles that I’ve been on a Motorway, albeit a two lane jobbie, there wasn’t much to see and as I had a deadline to catch the Tallink ferry at lunchtime I didn’t hang about sightseeing, the stupid SatNav took me through the middle of Helsinki, and since I hadn’t seen any signs for the ferry terminal I blindly followed the piece of S***.
I was going to be an hour early but thanks to the sight seeing tour of the shopping centres of Helsinki I rolled up just as the check-in opened, good timing Garmin.
The ferry was very busy, and as they have about 7 sailings a day and I’d booked at the quietest time I can imagine its a constant flow for the dockers. The ferry itself was clean and tidy, plenty of places to eat or drink, including a Burger King, well you’ve got to see if its the same haven’t you !! People were sprawled out everywhere, floors, stairwells etc, as theres a distinct lack of seating, but there are cabins available even though its just a 2 hour crossing.
The arrival at Tallin was joke, there’s road works on the main exit road and there was also an “Incident” involving a lorry and car so it was 3 lanes down to 1 and your straight into the city centre rush hour traffic. It was nearly an hour before I got to the hotel thats less then 2 miles from the ferry terminal.
There’s a huge amount of hotels and Airbnb places in the center of Tallin but parking is either extra or in a public car park, not wanting to be far from my van I booked into a place near the airport, it was cheap enough that I could book 3 nights here and the van is parked just below my window, albeit 3 floors down.If someone tries to steal it I can always throw a can of beer at them, if there’s any left of course.
The restaurant produced a nice steak for me and it was washed down with a couple of pints of the local brew so this chappy is a happy one, not many pics I’m afraid, but I’ll be peddling into the old town tomorrow to enjoy the the touristy parts.
What numpty forgot the plug adapter, this is how international travellers make it work, you just need to improvise, job done.
That’s all folks……
Delscampertour 