Talinn Therapy

I am sure this is not quite what you had in mind when I mention Talinn or Estonia.
Most people only know the Old Medieval bit of Talinn or the Soviet era Estonia. But we were lucky to see the New & Modern town, the old medieval town and the remnants of the Soviet communist styled buildings in the outskirts. Why? Cos our hostel was situated in the basement of one of these communist/soviet era apartments. Pretty cool rite!? The only bummer is that it is 40 minutes by bus from the old/new town. But then again it only costs 6euros a night.
Talinn, new town, is a suprisingly internet friendly place. The foodcourts have wireless internet connection and at every corner there's an interent kiosk. Oh yeah and alcohol is bloody cheap. Cheaper than water for sure. A bottle of the best Estonian Vodka only costs 4euros! Therefore many Finns (where a shot of vodka costs 7 euros) come to Estonia for Talinn Therapy. But I'm sure alcholism is a problem there. On the 2nd morning, as we were boarding our bus in the suburbs, I saw this man with a 1 litre beer bottle, which was almost empty, stumble into the bus stop. And it was not even 10am. I guess that says it all.
Tomorrow I'm off to Norway. Yup my next short holiday from my year long holiday. Peace and quiet here for the next 5 days.

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