Tallinn has truly been a delightful city with so much history to learn. Both the Tallinn History Museum and the Estonian History Museum, which we visited yesterday helped us understand the perspective of the Estonian people, who are actually some of the most forward-thinking of Eastern Europe (in our opinion, at least).

Today, we slept in again, had a casual breakfast, and then Risto took us back to the port where we caught our ferry back to Helsinki. After last night's rain, the water in the Gulf of Finland was much choppier on this crossing than last, and the crew kept circling the cabin, distributing bags for those who looked close to losing their lunch. Susan started feeling a bit queasy, so she had to lay down for awhile and eventually felt much better.

Ivan and his parents met us at the port in Helsinki and drove us back to the cottage where we caught up and relaxed at home.

Labels: Estonia, Europe 2008