I Tallinn. not Italian

This past weekend was a long weekend so my first and second host family took me and their current exchange students to Estonia's captial city Tallinn!  You might ask why my current host family did not take me...well they are in Canada visiting their daughter who is an exchange student there.

 It was the first time I had ever been on a cruise ship (there and back) which was so cool!!

We got really lucky with weather!

Estonia's flag

Dance floor and stage on the cruise

 Oh mom and dad, I um found some homes in Stockholm's archipelago that I would like for my birthday :) Maybe just one will do :)

 We were a little tired after running around the boat and finding dream houses for the first hour

 Dinner was a buffet with way too much food.  I nearly rolled out of there, but it was all sooo good!  

The theme of the cruise was Brazilian (a little ironic I know) but there were some Brazilian foods that were really good!

 And then the next morning we were in Tallinn!!

 We had some good map reading lessons :)

 One of the biggest differences (other than the language) I noticed was that the city had a very Russian/Soviet Union type of feeling with a brick wall around the city and many old brick buildings and cobbel stone roads.

And many street vendors!

In the middle of the city there was a big open square with cobble stone roads and old important buildings and cafés where you could sit out in the sun...And Stefan (second host dad) strutin' down the road :-)

 We went in some old viking stores and found some interessting things...

This church I stared at for a solid 10 minutes.  It is beautiful! 

 Even went inside and it was even more breath taking!

 

 And then the view over the old part of the city was even more breath taking!

This quote was...I don't think I need words to describe it.  Three exchange students and the quote: Perfect!

 Left to right: my first two host parents and then my second host dad!

 Friday night we went to a very old fashioned, traditional Russian/Soviet/Estonian (?) dinner.  I got to try wild boar and moose which were both very good! But I think I liked the wild boar better!

I tried both dried (typ jerkey) moose and normal hydrated moose

The gang!

First host mom, Marie

 

Two of the three best host mom's ever!!

We visited Fat Margaret who was built in the early 16th century.  She is the largest part of the wall around the city and was used to defend the city.

First host mom and second host dad

On Saturday we went to the Occupation Museum in Tallinn.  Now I am not a big fan of history in school, but I really liked going in this museum and reading about Estonian history.  Inside there was information about the first and second Soviet occupations and the German occupation.

People were put in these closets (1 meter by 80 cm) for up to weeks at a time!

The hooligans (two first host dad's)

Another really cool thing about this museum was that the person who orginally thought of the idea to create it and educate people now lives in Renton Washington!! 

What a small world!

They're most definitely up to something :-)

By the way I am sorry if my english grammar and speeling are not up to par...
Hanging out with two other girls from USA we realized that our english is, well, pretty bad!  I am sure it would have been funny for a English speaking person to listen to us talk to eachother.  It was truely bad english on top of swengelska!