(from here)
We started a little later the next day. Sure enough that in the morning the temperature was too lazy to rise. Like us who were also to lazy to rise from the beds.
Similar to other european cities, Tallinn has an old town in the city. It walled around by stone construction that was built in the medieval era. Outside it were modern buildings such as stores, shopping malls, banks and offices. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The old town itself consist of two part, Upper Town or Toompea and Lower Town. Toompea were where late aristocrats and church sovereigns resided. And the lower part were for merchants and craftsmen. The old town was quite save and undamaged until this very present. Now, half of it are ancinet constructions.
Having spent our previous evening to explore some parts of Lower Town, this morning we hiked directly to Upper Town. It was not far from our hostel in Voorimehe. Suit with the name, we must climb our way there.
Late in the morning, Tallinn old town looked deserted. One two tourists passed by. Of course, I or somebody else could distinguise tourists from locals. I think only tourists carried cameras everywhere they go. Paint seller just displayed their works on the wall between two parts of the old town. Some building towered over the lower town. An orthodox church and a loud street singer greeted us near Upper Town gate. The orthodox church looked like the one in kaunas, Lithuania. The street singer turned a tape on, loudly, and sung a rock ballad heartily. Like karaoke singers who sing on the streets in our homeland. From here, more and more tourists showed up.
Our family entered through Piiskopi and Kohtu. On a corner we saw two women stood by a food stall. Not a normal food stall anyway. The wore medieval contumes, sold also ancient-reciped food ( I guessed from the unordinary smell). Stopped for a while to buy an old pin from an old lady, we scanned the lower town from an observation place at the edge of Kohtu Street. There's another abservation point at the edge of Rahukohtu, by a government building, Stenbokschen House. We posed with background were towers of Lower Town. On the second observation point we could recognise the Tallinn Port. Saw a big ferry, LilBro screamed. Said he will go to Helsinki. He remembered, that we saw a similar ferry in Helsinki.
We did not intend to withstand the cold, we walked down from a step by the second observation place. Of course we anted to see more other part of Talinn on the Lower Town. After a short discussion, the walk continued outside the ancient wall, through a park, Tornideväljak. We made some funny family pictures, while we saw nobody around. The children used a open public fitness facility. Interestesting, Nö?. My husband tried them, too. Since there's just a woman and a toddler in the facility. The rest, we just shots some objects that catch the eyes.
Late afternoon, we walked toward Kadriorg, about 2 kilometers from Viru, a modern part of Tallinn. It has many timber-facade walls, Baltic's typical. We saw many of them on the way from Riga (Latvia) to Kaunas (Lithuania) by bus back in 2009. New facades have brighter colors. Like the bright red owned by Turkish Embassy.
Agak siang, kami berjalan kaki ke arah Kadriorg. Sekitar dua kilo dari Viru, bagian modern di Tallinn. banyak rumah-rumah bertembok kayu khas Baltik. Kami lihat juga saat melakukan perjalanan dengan bus antara Riga (Latvia) ke Kaunas (Lithuania) tahun 2009 lalu. Gedung-gedung kayu baru berwarna lebih cerah. Seperti gedung kayu merah menyala milik kedutaan Turki. Setelah kami perhatikan, gedung-gedung tersebut tak melulu dibangun dari kayu. Sebagian merupakan tembok biasa dilapisi kayu-kayu tipis di bagian luarnya. Yeah, for us, two days were enough to see this charming little city in Baltic.
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