Tallinn Video

I was playing around with a web-based slide show tool and I used some photos of Tallinn just as a practice. I was going to delete this however I figured that I might as well leave it up, as I have nothing more interesting to blog about!!!!

Graffiti

I have no idea of the graffiti artist or his story, but someone keeps painting variations of hats and faces around Tallinn, mainly in the old town. When Pricey was visiting earlier in the year he became obsessed with spotting each one and looking at the different variations. I just found this one on a wall near my house while walking home from a tour this morning, though without the face. I dedicate it to Pricey!

Estonia article in the Economist

The Economist has published a really interesting article about the abuse hurled at Estonia by Russians and Russian Estonians. It sums the situation up extremely well, which is quite rare in the international media. It Basically outlines how calling Estonians Nazis or saying that Estonia has an apartheid system is just crazy.

Padise

Today I did a test run tour to a place called Padise. The reason for going there is its monastery, or at least the ruins of the monastery. I used two Norwegian guys as my test subjects, and the good news is they enjoyed it, so I think I will add it to my tours from now on. Unfortunately I was stuck with just my camera phone again, but here are the pictures anyway.

Monastery Tower

The Monastery was once used as a manor house, until it was struck by lightning and burned down. The owners built the new one you can see in the picture below, viewed from the tower.
Window

External View

Courtyard

External View

Internal View (or what would have been internal!)

Tower