Viru väravad, 14th century gates, the eastern entrance to Old Town
Suurgildi hoone, Great Guild Hall to the right, meeting place of wealthy merchants dating from 1417
Town Hall
Great Guild Hall
Navigating
Tallinna raekoda, Tallinn Town Hall, site of a civic building since 1341, most of the present structure from the early 15th century. Notice the cool dragons on the side.
Wandering
Close to St. Nicholas' Church
By St. Nicholas' Church
Niguliste kirik, St. Nicholas' Church
Estonian Freedom Monument
Hesburger, a Finnish fast food chain
Some sort of pork on a rye bread, tasty.
Viru Gates
A church
A tower
Fat Margaret's Tower to the right
Suur rannavärav, the Great Coastal Gate, early 16th century
Puhavaimu kirik, Church of the Holy Spirit, 14th century
Tallinn's oldest surviving public timepiece
The Raeapteek, Town Hall Pharmacy to the left, is one of the oldest operational pharmacies in Europe, about 600 years old.
Beautiful door from 1640, House of the Brotherhood of Blackheads from 1399
Eating a chocolate praline
A street
Tallinn City Theatre’s open air stage
Sööööt!
Nunnery tower and part of the wall.
Jonathan
We climbed these towers and walked along the wall
From the Nunnery Tower
Nunnery Tower, from the Sauna Tower
From the Sauna Tower, looking towards the sea
Lifting a sword
Long Leg Gate Tower, 1380
Niguliste Kirik, St. Nicholas's Church, originally built in the 13th century, much of the present sturcture from 15th and 18th century modifications and 20th century reconstruction after damage by Soviet bombs
Niguliste Kirik
Kiek in de kök (Peek in the Kitchen) tower, 15th-century cannon tower
Park by Niguliste Kirik
Our hotel
Food, yum
Great Guild Hall and Town Hall
Jen and Mark, Town Hall Square
Tasting Vana Tallinn liqueur, yum!
Raekoja plats, Town Hall Square
Houses, with wooden cranes used to lift goods in and out of the storage floor.
Danish kings garden
Part of the wall by Toompea
Aleksander Nevski katedraal, 1900
14th century Tall Hermann Tower and the Riigikogu, Estonian Parliament
Tallinn viewed from Toompea, Cathedral Hill
Tallinn, viewed from Toompea
From Toompea
Toompea
Café by Church of the Holy Spirit
Tired and hungry
At the café
Church of the Holy Spirit, from the café
Selling roasted almonds outside the Great Guild Hall
Outside St. Catherine's Dominican Monastery, dating from 1246 is the oldest preserved building in old town.
Gravestones outside the Dominican Monastery
Bastionide käigud, Secret Tunnels. Rait arranged for us to take a tour of the 17th and 18th century tunnels between some of the defensive ramparts and kieik in de kök tower.
Part of the wall
Walking down Pikk jalg, the Long Leg street
A melee flurry between two Estonians recalling good old times.
Oleviste kirik, St. Olaf's Church, on of the tallest buildings in Europe when consecrated in the 13th century. The tallest building in the world in 1500.
St. Olaf's Church
From St. Olaf's Church tower
Toompea, from St. Olaf's Church tower
After lunch at a delicious Argentinian restaurant Rait and Kersti recommended.
Lunch at an Argentinian restaurant
Masters' Courtyard, Chocolats de Pierre
Rait and Kersti, our Estonian CouchSurfing friends
Jonathan, Rait and Kersti
Masters' Courtyard
Hell Hunt, Estonia's first pub, 1993
Ordering Hell Hunt beer and cider on tap at Hell Hunt
Jonathan and Kersti, at Hell Hunt
Rait, at Hell Hunt
Maiasmokk, sweet mouth, old bakery and café
Mmmm, marzipan!
Jonathan watching a video about the history of Tallinn, outside of St. Nicholas Church
Sunning by St. Nicholas Church, I love these benches!
Poor bird trying to drink out of and bathe in the glassed-in fountain.
Jonathan's poor feet
Jen and Mark
The ring rotated making it near impossible for a grown up to get to the top
Jonathan surfing
Tex-Mex!
Mark and Jen on the ferry leaving the Tallinn harbor
On the ferry, with a yummy Estonian cranberry cooler
Mark "cutting the cheese" in the cabin :)
Jen pouring the wine
Sunset on the Baltic Sea
Jen and Mark, on the ferry
