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Maastricht - Amsterdam 2006 | Norway 2006 | Tallinn 2005

Travel Notes of a Tour Guide

Being a tour guide has its advantages and drawbacks.
On one hand I meet a lot of interesting people, show them various places of interest of the city I just adore, visit some off-the-beaten-track places on special excursions, etc, etc, etc, - in a word, I am enjoying every minute of it.
But on the other hand, I love travelling myself, but.... don't have much time for it. All my summers are occupied and I hardly can find a day for relaxing, let alone travelling.
This summer was a exception.
My husband Andrey and I found three days (wow - a lot!!!) and a good excuse - a cat show - to go to Tallinn (Estonia).
We went there by car, three people (we were with a friend) and three cats all in all. We had two cameras - a digital one and a regular film camera.
Here You can see the report of our tour (the experience I would like to share) and some of the digital pics.

As the main purpose was still a cat show, we spent two days in Kristina Sport Hall, where the cat show took place.

left: Andrey putting up the show case for our cat
right: Olga and I at the cat show.

Private Collection Honey Lilly - our exquisite siamese member of the family.

As we were travelling with cats, we had to choose a hotel allowing pets. Academic Hostel was nice, clean, very friendly.

left and right: our cats exploring the hotel room

	We spent two evenings exploring the old Tallinn.
	Town Hall	Town Hall

	The last day of our visit was totally dedicated to Old Tallinn. We just fell in love with the city!!!

The cathedral of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky is a Russian Orthodox Church in Old Tallinn, founded by the last Romanov - Nicholas II.
Unfortunately we were not allowed to take pictures inside.

	Going to the city wall, climbing the three towers open for tourists - I had no idea it was possible to get so much fun just for 10 krones (=20 roubles)

	Oliviste Church is considered to be the oldest in the city. It is believed that the church existed in the 12th century, though the first time it was mentioned in chronicles in 1267. The church aqcuired its present-day look in the 15th century. We walked in and listened to organ music.


Luckily, there was no service at that time and we were allowed to take pictures inside.