At 9.30 we move from the youth center to reach the heart of Tallinn and meet our tour guides. It is a sunny day, we can feel the summer and it is time to discover this nice city.
We are all excited and for me this will be the first experience to ride a bike on the street: I should not ride too fast to avoid my kneek starts hurting but I am sure that everything will be fine!
The bike rental shop is a nice place with many young people. They quickly give us the bikes and soon we are ready to go! I am in the group with two Estonian guys and it is nice for me because they are like extra referees as they know the city. Across the street people respect traffic lights and, in spite of the tram rails, riding is comfortable.
Our first stop is near the main station, at the ʺRussian Marketʺ where it is possible find everything from fresh fruit and vegetables up to old cameras, clothes and other stuff. It is full of people and you can feel a mixed smell of onions, spices and other things I can not recognize. I love markets, going through the stands and looking what people buy, the colors all around and the voices.
One of my favorite stops is Telliskivi: there are restaurants and clubs in buildings that before were factories and on the walls it is possible to take a look at wonderful paintings and graffiti. We are all wondered about all there is in front of us.
After a lot of pictures and few minutes on the road we arrive in Kalamaja to take a look at the wooden buildings and the abandoned factories. One of those has an open door and we decide to enter. The sight in front of us is amazing: the perfect scene of an industrial music concert! Now it is time to take a little break and rest ourselves in a nice park: there are not many people and is very quite, someone wearing swimsuit is on the grass relaxing in the sun.
Our guide Katrin is very nice and clear, her voice is a good soundtrack for all these amazing sights! The view of the ex prison on the beach and the funny faces of people sit at the bar are an interesting combination. In the last part of the tour Katrin take us to Linnahall, in a place with a sort of open theatre location and some artistic installations.
At the end of the tour we thank and say goodbye to our guide to have lunch in the park near the Viru Gates and then me, Cris and Danilo decide to spend a couple of hours in the center looking for souvenirs. There are a lot of nice shops (the clerks often are not so friendly).
Finally the dinner at Dereku Burger is the best way to recharge batteries and start a nice evening with special friends hanging around and joining the wonderful sunset of Tallinn through buildings and trees."
Antonella from Italy
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