Start point. Hestia Hotel Susi, Tallin, Estonia.
Finish point. Hestia Hotel Susi, Tallin, Estonia.
Distance. About 8 Miles.
Total. 3050 Miles.
After a brief downpour this morning and a promise of sunshine and high temperatures all day I took the old bike back into Tallin for another wander around, although I had done the touristy bits yesterday I thought I’d have a look around outside the old town as well. To my surprise by the time I had got down there at 11am it was a hive of activity, far busier than I expected, but it’s no problem on a bike and running around the back streets I found a lot of car parks where it is quite cheap to park for 24 hours, the best being 6€, absolute bargain, but as always it’s not until you get boots on the ground that you find these places.
I tootled around for a couple of hours then started heading back, first visit was to the harbour and marina area, there were a couple of cruise ships in but I was surprised how small the mariner was, there must be more away from the city and probably at a cheaper rate.
I thought I’d take the scenic route back to the hotel and go through some of the many parks here. Only 10 minutes out from the centre of Tallin I was amazed to find such a gorgeous place at Kadrioru Park, the Kadrioru Muuseum is an ex palace that is now a museum, although I didn’t venture inside, the building and gardens are outstanding.
After cycling through the park I made a wrong turn and ended up in an area full of low rise flats, I wouldn’t call them apartments as these have all the hallmarks of the old soviet regime whereby they built hundreds of low rise tenements for the workers of the great socialist state. Even on a Sunday it was fairly busy in there and there were lots of shops open, but the parking is very limited for the residents and non existent at the shops, if you want your quota of bread and milk you have to walk and get it. But on the way out there was a kebab kiosk that gets really good ratings on Google, I can confirm that for 5€ you do get a very good chicken kebab and chips, with salad of course, but it would of helped if I had been able to speak Russian. Unfortunately no pics as it didn’t seem appropriate.
Sorry this is a day late I’ve been having internet issues, hopefully normal service has resumed.
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