I'm flying to... Estonia!!!

Tallinn, the capital of Estonia

Once upon a time, on a night at the end of January or beginning of February, there was a party in my friend Tristán's building (the only one without an intercom to get in, by the way). A huge group of people excitedly gathered in the kitchen, they toasted, laughed, danced... It was all very pleasant.

And there I was. Giving my all.

But suddenly. One of my Spanish friends called me over, shouting that they were going to Estonia. "To Estonia?! " - I replied, somewhat happy thanks to the gin.

"Yeah girl, come! "

"Alright then, lets go :D".

And that's how it happened. At the climactic point of alcohol consumption, I ran to Tristán's room, went onto the Ryanair website and bought my ticket to go to Tallinn, Estonia, without having a clue what time we were leaving. The only thing I looked at were the days we were going so I didn't miss any classes (hahaha, I missed half of my Media Economics lectures, but oh well, I got a 6^^).

I have to say that it didn't cost us much, although don't wait for me to tell you how much, because I'm incapable of identifying what happened on the night in question from these photos.

The fact is that on the 27th February, if my memory serves me right, we were a group of Spaniards, (yes, I know, all Spaniards, but we were all total and absolute rookies) leaving halls at 4 in the morning because the bus left at 6am to get to the airport. Without sleeping, what junkies we are, we caught a taxi between the 6 of us.

• Very important: never, ever, EVER under any circumstance, get a taxi unless it's totally and absolutely necessary. They are veeeeery expensive... Between the 6 of us we survived more or less (paying 88 krone per person or something like that, which would be about €11). For us we got a taxi because it's not recommended to wait for hours in the station, but if you have other options: dwell on them.

Dying happily, we arrived at Oslo Rygge airport (Ryanairrrrr). We went through passport control and we happily snoozed for the hour and a half we were approximately in the air for. When we arrived, we organised ourselves and went to the hostel that was in the centre, and of course: we celebrated that the currency is the EURO in Estonia!

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Alur Hostel it was called, and it was a 10 minute walk, walking very, very, very slowly, from the Town Hall Plaza. I think the price was around €10 per night and in our case, being a group of 6, we didn't have to share a room with anyone else. But I'll tell you about the hostel another time...

When we arrived, my flatmates were too dead to move, so as they lay flat out on the beds, I got the camera, map and I went to traipse around Tallinn. I think I went for a few hours and it was during the morning, so frankly that was more than enough time to see the majority of the centre.

In the Town Hall Plaza, besides being able to see the building in question, is the alleged oldest pharmacy in Europe. Tallinn has a beautiful medieval centre, not very apt for ballet pumps. But for huge mountain boots, perhaps. From the area with the town hall, you can go in any possible direction.

• You can go to the Russian market area, it's intriguing and I really recommend it. Although, I'd recommend not to go alone, especially if you're a girl. I'm not mentioning this for no reason, but only because you'll definitely be seen in this strange area filled with Russians who'll look at you very, very strangely. In the little market, you'll be able to see loads of cheap stuff, also clothes and food (it's all very Russian though, just letting you know). Some stalls are extremely fun, because you can see some objects from the 2nd World War, nazis and communists. I would have liked to have gone with someone who could have explained them to me a little better (and not on my own hahahaha).

• You can also opt to visit the Russian Cathedral. This is great. It's called Alejandro Nevsky and it's really interesting. I can still remember when we went in and compared how many differences there were between the Russian Cathedral and the way the Catholic's do mass. But I'm not going to tell you. I hope that you'll see it for yourself one day.

• Next to the Russian Cathedral you'll find a wall that you can climb up so you can see some great views of Estonia.

During the night, like the good group of Spaniards we were, we went out. In Estonia there's quite a well known place called Shooters that can be found in the centre. Like the name indicates, shots are the aim of the game. The main idea is that you order a "shot board". You have 4 or 5 shots per "board" as I recall, and you can order loads of different ones. It was a big night that one. Hahaha. Also, the thing was that I found my university friend Samuel in that pub, who was doing his Erasmus in Tampere, Finlandia. It was really great to meet up with each other in Estonia. Later on, the pub itself was almost exploding with people, but I suppose that that's normal. There were sooooooo many Spanish people that were there on their Erasmus year or just travelling there as well. It seemed that Tallinn is an obligatory stop.

The fact is that some of these Spaniards that we met, started to invite me to do some shots with them and I, as I'm very polite, couldn't say no could I? It was a night full of quite a lot of discrepancies, which is how I remember it. My friends were completely lost, and I spent more than an hour in the pub without seeing any of them, and it wasn't a particularly big place.

I remember that the boards costed somewhere between €5 and €10.

The Estonians... well. Let's just say that they weren't my cup of tea. They reminded me a little bit of Scottish people (as if they were missing something... physically speaking, and I don't want to be rude, but it was my impression of them).

When we finished partying, we went back to the hostel, which we were able to get to in 10 minutes on foot. A few other Spaniards that we had been talking and drinking with followed us. Also an Estonian... I think they had the wrong impression, because they even came into our room with us. And one of them was in my bed... so I jumped into my friends bunk to see if got the message jajaja.

But I'll save the rest of the nonsense, because those I went to Estonia with told me "what happens in Estonia, stays in Estonia", and that's the way it will be xD.

To eat, I remember that we went to a bar/restaurant near Shooters. I'm really sorry I can't remember what it was called, nor the exact location. But in general there are very cool and cheap places to eat in Estonia. If your hostel owner rolls up, ask them about places to eat, because right in the centre where the Town Hall Plaza is, they're really expensive. But honestly, there are loads in the centre at a very good price.

Shooters Web

Best wishes, and see ya soon little Eramusers.

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