Tallinn

As soon as we saw the red knight, I knew that he is me.

High Guard with a broad sword. I've been here before.

Honestly. Would you mug this guy? :-)



The trip to Estonia became a day trip. Reasons vary from person to person. Was bank card malfunction a factor in my agreement not to stay longer. Yep for sure.

I settled into the day trip to this ancient Hansiatic League city just fine. It is a very special place indeed, even with so many tourists and so much tourist tat. That Eve would go shopping was inevitable. That Aki and I would stumble upon a brewery was just serendipityy. We honestly had no idea they served ale in 1 litre steiners here. Having toured the old town already, we settled down at a pavement table with a guy from Washington DC, to watch the world go by. In my case definitely the disproportionate number of drop dead beautiful Estonian girls. With the older ones I am genuinely stunned to find I turn heads. Then again I don't suppose they see a drunken Englishman in chain mail with a broad sword very often. To say that we were mellow and chilled by the time Eve found us is an understatement.

It's a long day and there is a car load of booze to buy for my friends to offset the cost of the trip. In the back of the car dozing, with the low sun flashing through trees I am happy and close to sleep. Eve pulls into the drive in Nastola and I wake up a little. Just enough to transfer to my bed and dream....