Here we are sitting in Tallinn International airport. Waiting for the 5th flight of this holiday adventure. As we did not receive a message from Darryl in Switzerland we assume he did the Zurich dash and made it to his flight to Stockholm. Which means in about 2 1/2 hours the RoChDa trio will be officially traveling together. So as this is the last entry for Chris and I, I shall make it a good one. Comrades, there are definitely traces of the communist regime ...

Back on a train. Hey, trains, boats, ferries and planes, I'm confused what transportation is next! Glad Rod is here always with the right direction even though half the time he doesn't know where he is. Hey, only takes him a few minutes to know which is awesome. We arrived in Tallinn, wow, this accommodation was amazing. It had old furniture that you couldn't imagine in a hostel. Noice I say! We walked around town the next day and of course explored again. Tallin...

I generally don't dedicate an entire blog entry to a meal, it's a bit like Face book updates of a plate of food with no reference to the meal or company around the food. But this dinner was an entertainment in itself. After chilling in the hostel for a couple of hours, Chris and I headed out for dinner about 9pm. We first went into an Irish Pub, but without a single vegetarian choice, we settled for a drink and left. Some Australian friends told us about a gre...

Helsinki was considered the city where "East meets west" than across the water in Tallinn, 'West meets east". This city is beautiful, but even the brief look we had strolling around this afternoon was a picture of communist recovery. A mass of contradictions even beyond the structural obviousness of the modern sky scraper next to the medieval fortress walls. We arrived from Helsinki after lunch on the M/S Viking XPRS. Getting on was like a New Years sales rush...