Unbelievable, on the St Petersburg bus at 05:45 this morning only to notice all the instructions for the on-board free wifi! This post, the Tallinn post and the new pictures for Tallinn are proof it works, so GNER, sorry, National Express – take note, get it sorted, wifi on the move is possible!
ps: onboard wifi has also enabled us to apply for the Mongolian visa’s I forgot to do before we left – doh!
We arrived in Tallinn on the SeacatExpress from Helsinki to a little drizzle, drizzle seems to be the current weather pattern in northern easten Europe at the moment! 
But the drizzle would not dampern our spirits and after simply jumping a cab from the Helsinki airport to the hostel, we were determined to get from the ferry port to the hostel, Karen was over the moon
Fortunately the connections were on time (if infrequent) and we were left only to find the hostel on the street. There was however a HUGE sign for it – 20% of the sign was for “Hotel Vana Tom“, 80% for the dance club upstairs. No Benny/Bear, another type of dancing! We didn’t frequent. The hostel was very well located, reasonably priced and adequate (i.e. clean!).
Tallinn is what I would expect Disney in Russia to be like. In fact it might be cheaper for Walt to buy Tallinn rather than start from scratch. The streets are cobbled, houses very old and colourful. The one things Estonians are very serious about is their past and that they they are now independent (since 1994) and are really trying to move on as a nation by a) championing technology (the home for Skype) and b) stating repeatedly what the old USSR put them through – it is almost like a tale from France, but the Estonians really do want to move forward rather than just moan like the French!
With just a couple of days in Tallinn and another city we didn’t have a guide book for we relied on Tourist Information guides as our insperation. Having had Rudolf four ways in Helsinki it seemed Elk was the order of the day for Tallinn. Tried as I might, I had to settle for Port & Saucraut which was excellent, as was the traditional resturant (Vanaema Juures @ Rataskaevu 10/12) and astmosphere.
Aside from the traditional Tallinn, new Tallinn is very much about techology. Many of the usual brands were on view in new skyscrapers and modern looking developments. Tallinn seems to be a baby sister of Amsterdam and it is easy to understand its appeal to stag parties, but the beer is not so cheap these days so beware! We did of course have some Darren R&R and helped our livers to restore normal service which may be a blessing before the onslaught of vodka.
Next Russia – bring it on, man am I excited! 
Bye for now, dan & kaz x
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