Back to the Lower Town
One last look at the cathedral in the Upper Town.
After our beer we descended to the Lower Town using the more conventional road, Jalc . This was also steep and cobbled but did have a pavement and some street art quotations way up on the walls.
Town Hall Square
Walking towards the Squsre we went into one of the shops and bought some lovely cloth with unusual patterns.
The Town Hall Square was ringed on three sides with restaurants and all were very busy.
Loved the humour put out for the benefit of the visitors.
As it was now after 12 we left the square looking for somewhere to eat.
The Brewery
We had passed a restaurant called The Brewery and after a short walk we were soon having another beer and ordering our lunch.
The bar was well stocked for the future.
Walking back to Aurora
After lunch we walked past a couple of embassies and along to the Stout Margaret Tower.
By the tower, so called because its shape, were this stencil and eye.
From there we could see Aurora and the other ships at the cruise ship piers. The walk back was not well marked or even paved.
Nearer the ships one side were a series of steps that climbed up to an old pier. Later from the ship I could see that the pier was covered in graffiti on the seaward side.
At Tallinn’s cruise terminal
Back at the cruise terminal there were now four ships docked there.
Once past security the local stalls were doing a great trade.
Leaving Tallinn
Across the port were Baltic ferries loading cars, trucks, and passengers. The quayside below Aurora was busy with both passengers and new crew joining the ship. This guy was taking an image of the ship with a LEGO figure in the foreground.
When we were back out on deck for the sail away the diesel fumes from the other ships were very clear as they generated power while being docked and Aurora joined in with the diesel pollution.
We followed a couple of ferries out of the port.
Aurora’s path once out of Tallinn was marked behind us by her plume of diesel fumes.
These fumes probably generated the soot that had covered the sun loungers on Deck 8. At the stern there were no clean sun loungers for us to sit on for the sailaway thanks to all the soot.
The evening after leaving Tallinn
Dinner was black pudding (with an egg), lyonaise salad (with an egg) then gammon steak (with an egg and extra mushrooms). I tried another of the new menu deserts, this time it was triple chocolate sundae.
On the way to the theatre I braved the cold and took a quick picture of the sunset.
We were entertained in the theatre by John Martin – who was very funny.
Our next port would be Riga, Latvia.