After 2 days working at Dirhami it was time to head back. Since the weather seemed ideal for the 38 nms across to Finland, we decided to make use of the south-westerly and to head north. The 1st officer, who had had to use the lovely bucket on the way…
Estonia was a real surprise and fantastic – we loved it. We were not sure what we expected coming to Estonia. There was this void in our imagination which was very quickly filled with impressions of a very modern country. Tallinn itself is a looker, sure enough. But the rest…
After almost 2 weeks it was time to say good bye to Tallinn. We left rather late (1:30 pm) and only want to move to a small guest harbour 5-6 miles north of Tallinn. Our boat neighbour recommended a different port instead and he raved about it so much that…
We had a really lovely time with Felicity and Joshua. Along with all the canoeing and walking around charming Estonian towns and eating wonderful food and drinking chai lattes, we even managed to squeeze in a quick sail and a chance to experience waiting at the red traffic light at…
Oh yes, I almost forgot to mention this. They do have great sunsets here too.
I do get up (almost) every morning between 4am and 5am to get the real work done. With guest on board we tend to stay up later too which means that I get very tired in the evenings. But do I complain?
According to Victoria this was the sunset as it was. – I totally believe it.
Seems bizarre but yes we are still in the Baltics.
And another little trip for us. We went to Kihnu and Victoria will soon tell you all about it. Victoria adds: Kihnu is under UNESCO protection because of its unique culture, the most obvious physical manifestation of which is old ladies (and younger ones) in headscarves and indigenous stripy skirts…
Tallinn was great! In fact we loved it so much that we are considering moving Akka here for the next winter lay-up. It is easy to be impressed with the old town and with ist medieval charm, but we also loved the modern parts, the street-art, the fantastic food, the excellent…