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Tallinn

I want to talk about one of the trips I made here, is not Finland, but it was during my Erasmus so I think it´s interesting to share the experience. I spent more or less three days in Tallinn with some friends in a hostel, and it was really good and funny! We went to Helsinki to take a ferry to Tallinn (that was the worst part because we had to wake up around 4 a.m) and we went one day to Riga (I will make another post for it). My trip didn´t start the best way, because when we arrived at the ferry I realized that I had lost one of the wheels of my luggage, so you can imagine!! Also, the hostel was a bit weird at some points but it was very cheap and the room for the 8 of us was really big. We went around the city and I have to say that it´s very beautiful! (and also very cold, although it was sunny so I was really happy to see the sun shining again). We ate in a pancake place a pancake (of course) which was delicious, but our gastronomy wasn´t really variety, cause we ate in an Italian restaurant for 3 times I think (at least in different places). The last day we also tried one local place (I really wanted to do it) and it was cheap and good, it was a hipster place and it was really cosy and nice, and also a local place of hotdogs which I really liked. In Tallinn, we visited the city centre, the hipster area (one of my favourites places), the harbour, the sea, some setpoints, and the last day it was the independence day of Estonia, so we wanted to see the way they celebrate it and I think it was a good experience. Also, we went out the first night and I think that it was the best moment of the trip, it was really funny and we drunk very fancy shots, they were amazing. I could say more things but they are memories of the trip to keep with my friends, but I recommend to visit this city because it´s really beautiful!



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