As I told you, Jack crossed the border a couple of weeks ago, and visited Estonia's Capital city... But, before wandering across the city, just some miles away from Latvian border, and already in the neighbour country, Jack found one interesting sign, about a camping place close to the road... So, what's interesting about that, some of you would say? ...I don't like your manners, but anyway I'll show you a picture I took of that place, so you can understand how surprised I was...
Curious, huh? Another piece of Barcelona far away from the city... Interesting indeed! Ok, just talking about Tallinn's city, I must say that its Old Town is very very beautiful! Even more beautiful than Riga's Old Town, I'd say... But, of course, plenty of people... That's precisely what I didn't like about it... It was like returning to Barcelona, a little bit... Don't misunderstand me, there are people in Riga, also for sure... Quite much... But I haven't had that feeling of being a canned sardine any time... And I had that same feeling in Tallinn... Too bad! But, of course, it is quite normal that such a beautiful place is packed with people... Normal and understandable...
My favourite place? Of course the Town Square is bery beautiful, with a lot of colourful houses and nice Sidewalk Cafes. But, like in all of these kind of places, what's best is just to wander around, without any course... to see what you find: Old charming houses, gingerbread-alike churches, hidden corners, lovely landscapes... Discovering these places is what's beautiful, at least for good old Jack.
In one of those walks I found a Medieval restaurant, called Olde Hansa, where you could eat real medieval dishes, from some kind of old texts or something like that... Or at least that's what they said! And curious Jack took the bait... Because I wanted to test something, at least... And yes: They don't use potatoes, of course! Nor coke, nor modern stuff, nor anything like that! Restrooms were scary dark, only illuminated by a couple of candles... Not enough candles, indeed!
Dishes were quite nice, from a delicious steak I had to the grilled salmon my precious companion ate... All garnished with all kind of legumes and beans (even bean's bread)... It looked like this:
Anyway, in addition to tasty food, Tallin's a very nice place worth visiting! I'd like to visit it again definitely... You should know by now: Jack loves dark and narrow alleys...
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Interesting, fruitful and tasty summer indeed! You seem to have taken advantage. Congratualtions!
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