It was another sunny morning on the Baltic when we woke up about 8 a.m. We ate breakfast and deboarded the ship about 10 a.m., immediately finding ourselves among Estonian souvenir stalls. We walked through, leaving the port area and reaching the old town of Tallinn in about 15 minutes.
We again followed the Rick Steves’ walking tour through the medieval and compact old town. It was very picaresque and well maintained, as well as full of tourists. There were four cruise ships at the port, so about 10,000 cruise passengers swarmed the town along with us.
We walked the cobbled streets and stopped to sample Estonian bakery goodies and coffee. We had read that marzipan had been invented in Tallinn, so we tried one of the bakery goodies with marzipan in it, as well as a decadent chocolate croissant and a wonderful creme and berry-filled cake roll. Then we walked around some more.
In the early afternoon, we stopped at an outdoor restaurant on one of the town squares, where we had some appetizer food and rehydrated with water. Then we made our leisurely way back to the ship, arriving about 2:30. The ship is leaving port relatively early today, so we had an all-aboard time set to 3:30. And that was OK, since we had wanted to make this an easier, shorter sightseeing day than the two in St. Petersburg.
Tonight is formal attire night in the dining room and we’ve decided to go there anyway, even though we only have sort-of-dressy clothes. After all, what can they do, kick us off the ship?
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