Tallinn, Estonia
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The first port of call
on our Baltic cruise was Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It's a charming
fortified medieval city, set on a hill, with an >onion-domed Russian Orthodox
Church. We also traveled out to the suburbs >to see the Song Festival Grounds
and the Olympic Stadium (bet you didn't know the yachting events of the Moscow
Olympics were held here). It was interesting to see some of the Soviet
constructions -- a massive, blocky city hall; huge complexes of ugly apartment
houses; and >an enormous uninspired sculpture. I was approached in the Old
City and >offered a Russian Passport for $10 or a gas mask for $8. Hard to
pass up!
Mimi Santini-Ritt 2003