It’s a smallish type of place, but enough to be seen in a couple of days.  I got the impression from the tour guide that it’s okay that the weather was kinda crappy today. It kept the streets empty and easy to navigate. 

I visited the Estonian history museum first thing today. It was a good little place. As with a lot of museums I saw this year, there was an exhibit about the 500th anniversary of Protestantism. The permanent exhibit went over Estonian history from the 1200s to the 2000s. Estonian wasn’t a written language until relatively recently, so that’s why such a short time period.

In 2018, Estonia will be celebrating 100 years of being a republic. The republic was basically under occupation until 1991. So the progress that this little country has made in that time has been remarkable. I’d live here, you know?

After a snack, the usual walking tour. The guide had a great routine about the ridiculousness of the Estonian language. It’s similar to Finnish. So it truly is awful.

After warming up, I walked outside of the old town a little to an area of renovated Soviet warehouses. Yay, gentrification!! In this case, well done because it is super cool. Lots of neat shops and cafes like you’d expect, and lots of street art too. Which I of course love.

When my toes were icicles, I found a bakery which had some “black bread” I wanted to try. It’s great! So good with peanut butter….but then isn’t everything? 

Tomorrow an art museum maybe?

Bye!

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