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Attention Estonians and Swedes - 5/24/2002 7:24:58 AM

IChristie

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Looks like I'm going to be in Talinn in a week or so for business. Might also manage an day in Stockholm.

Anybody have any travel tips, etc?

Hmm... that doesn't sound too much like a UV topic does it? Oh well, let's see. Maybe I need to claim that I'll be doing research for another UV style game in the baltic. yeah.... right.... that's the ticket...

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- 5/24/2002 10:35:41 AM

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Just walk around in Stockholm. Its a very nice city with much to see.

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Its Tallinn - 5/24/2002 11:11:31 PM

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Walk around, drink �lu, meet people, enjoy a nice medieval city, and laugh/cry at the crummy soviet era stuff.

I spent a week or so in Tallinn, and some time in Tartu and a farm in the countryside. Visiting the dead and some of the living. The survivors have rebounded well from their oppression under the former Soviets. I read a guide book on the plane, found some local guides, and came with a strong desire to get lost in a culture I knew nothing about. If the opportunity presents itself, fire an AK-47 over the heads of Russians working on one of the old collective farms. Why do they run toward the bullets? Have fun exploring the ruins of old army bases abandoned by the Sovs.

This time of year its hard to sleep, as the nights are very short. I spent a lot of time in the various outdoor cafes in the old town square, drinking the local �lu and munching on leib and juust. I preferred the Karl Frederik, look for the yellow umbrellas. They are all good though. Be adventerous, I never had a bad cup of coffee, beer, or meal in Estonia. Very inexpensive, visit the U.S. embassy and ask for asylum. Take cabs driven by Russians and argue about the fare. Visit cemetaries and read the dates on the headstones. Try to find a Jew.

Several good hotels. I stayed at the Hotel Tallinn, (which we called the Stallinn, but the Olumpia is very nice. If you run out of money, stay at the bus station, they rent rooms for cheap, and hang out at the pizza stand across the street. Its run by a Russian, and the cabbies hang out there. They know the word on the street.

Visit the waterfront, and take the high speed ferry to Helsinki. You can go there and back in a day, and watch those crazy Finns stagger under the weight of all that tax-free beer they buy. When you get back, visit the submarine Lembit and take a tour. Ask everyone you see, "Where is Tall Herman"?

Have fun. :D

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Re: Attention Estonians and Swedes - 5/24/2002 11:51:00 PM

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by IChristie
[B]Looks like I'm going to be in Talinn in a week or so for business. .

Anybody have any travel tips, etc?

[/B][/QUOTE]

I did a trip around the Baltic States last summer. The Old Town in Tallinn is a delight to just stroll around - it really rivals better-known European cities for its history and architectural treasures. Fantastic place.

Once you move out to the suburbs you rapidly see the sharp division between the levels of prosperity - the Russians don't seem to be doing very well at all. And there are quite a few beggars, particularly around the impressive Orthodox cathedral in the centre. And watch your luggage carefully, especially at the bus station.

If you walk along the seafront a couple of kilometres in a northerly direction from the city centre (towards Pirita) you can find an interesting WW2 German cemetery - quite creepy looking at all the names and dates (mostly from 1944).

If you have time, take a trip to P�rnu, a nice little seaside town a couple of hours away to the south. I have pleasant memories of getting completely drunk on the beach there
;)

Here's a couple of pictures I took in Tallinn...

[IMG]http://home.att.ne.jp/air/ardle/Baltic3.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://home.att.ne.jp/air/ardle/Baltic4.jpg[/IMG]

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Thanks - 5/24/2002 11:53:32 PM

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Thanks for the excellent suggestions. I will be travelling with my boss though so I will have to figure THAT into the calculation!

ic

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