The Old Town is the new place to party and see the sites
What can I say. I was nearing the end of my Baltic country journey as our last stop was Estonia. We stayed in the old town which was lined with cobblestone streets much like it was hundreds of years ago. Very few cars were allowed to go in here which made it a great walking destination. We basically just hung out and went on different excursions. We took an excursion around the old town to see the different sites like the churches, memorials, and parliament buildings. We then of course went to the Soviet Museum (as I am a communist junkie) and saw all of the Soviet era propaganda that they had in Estonia. There was one little restaurant that was very hidden in which the only thing on the menu was beer, soup, and meat pastries. Each thing was a euro and the people working there dressed like they did in the Middle Ages. I wish I knew the name of it!!! We also had to chance to see an authentic folk festival dancing in the park which we just looked in awe at hundreds of people dancing in sync…
We had a chance to go to a Soviet Era prison which was really run down but it was an important prison that held a lot of political prisoners. I was in shock at some of the conditions they lived in as it reminded me of what I have seen on TV of the prisons in that time.
That night we had our last night and actually had to move hostels (but never slept in our beds) as we went on a pub crawl that night that led to another and another and finally we found ourselves with a bunch of drunk Estonians and pretty much the only thing one guy could say was rap verses. We then decided as the sun came up, instead of going to bed to catch a cab to our early morning flight to England and have some more beers at the airport, as our time in the Baltic countries had ended……
