Monday morning, we arrived in Tallinn (TAH-leen). It was one of our favorite cities on our 2001 trip, so we were looking forward to seeing it again. We were not disappointed. Our first stop was the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral -- a Russian Orthodox church from the late 1800s.
About 500 feet due north is St. Mary's Cathedral, so I climbed the tower for pictures. On the left is Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The tower on the right is Pikk Hermann. The lower part of Pikk Hermann was built between 1360 & 1370 and is part of the Toompea (TOHM-pay-uh) Castle.
Then we went to the town square.
The town hall (built in 1404) had a tower, so...
...I climbed it and saw our boat. Ours is the 3rd one (the "Huger" one).
I could also see the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (center below) and the St. Mary''s Cathedral tower that I climbed earlier (on the right).
And this is what the town square looks like from the tower of the town hall. The red arrow is pointing to Gwen and Alice.
Below the tower was a small medieval restaurant where we ate lunch.
Dave and I had elk stew and we all had apple turnovers.
There was a wall built around Tallinn in the 1300s. The Viru Gate is part of that original wall. The picture below shows Gwen and Alice exiting the old part of town through the Viru Gate.
This last picture is taken outside the Viru Gate, looking back at the old part of town.
