A trip south
We are currently in Pärsti not far from Felin (Viljandi). We have a little house to ourselves and obviously there is a walk to do, a manor house to check out, baby frogs to rescue and a barbecue to eat. .
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Canoeing
We are currently in the southern part of Estonia and have hired a couple of canoes going down a lovely river. A wonderful day A trip of 12km which is usually done in 2-3 hours has taken us a good 4 1/2 hours! And we did only half a walk…
Doors of Tallinn
And here are the beautiful doors of Tallinn.
Tallinn street art
Tallinn hosts a street arts festival and as you wander through the not-historic part of the town you come across some really exciting stuff.
And then there was food
We had dinner at Sagadi manor house. Super Delicious!
An elk
We saw an Elk yesterday – no kidding. We were walking though Plamse manor when suddenly an elk stepped out of the stream onto the opposite bank and stared at us for a while. I was so perplexed that my photographic attempts failed. This is what i got. So cool.
Manor houses
Estonia has a huge amount of manor-houses! Some have been restored to their former glory and are open to the public. Here a map of Estonia with every red dot representing a manor. By the way, the translation in Palmse Manor talks of landord-of-the-manor, which sounds so much nicer than…
Hobbits
As all the hotels in Narva were full we drove to Palmse where we found a very nice “Gasthaus” with some rather interesting accommodations – Hobbit-houses!
Russia
And then it was time to go towards the Russian border. From Tallinn it is only about 200 km to the Russian border and the tourist guide promised an exceptional experience and a castle built by the Danes in the 13th century. Off we went. As you approach Narva and…
Oandu Nature Centre
We took a car to get into the country side and explore more of Estonia. What a stunning place! Endless walks, beautiful country side and to top it all – great blue skies. Here we are at the RMK Oandu Nature Centre.