Tallinn Monday September 5

At 7 AM breakfast Heidi came to me with apologies for leaving me last evening. She stated that she and Phillip got lost returning to the hotel last evening and that she worried about me. I reassured her I made if back safely.

Until we left for the Estonian Open Air Museum I took time to catch up on this blog. We traveled then by bus just outside of town to a forest in which a 48 acre Museum is located.  Deer and moose roam freely.  A bear was sighted last week. A Museum guide led us to a few buildings and explained their purpose. Thatched roofs, intricate merging of logs, creative warming without chimneys were some of the interesting learnings. The school was on reading, which was the focus of the Lutheran church, the dominant religion in the country.

We had a lunch of meatloaf, baked potatoes, and greed salad with hemp seeds and a cream and berry mixture for dessert AFTER we witnessed a performance of seven locally- costumed singers and dancers accompanied by accordion.  They then pulled us into the folk dancing. That was fun.

The bus brought us back to Old Town where we visited the Estonian History Museum. Located in the gather Guild Hall where the guilds met during the Middle Ages. We visited the basement and saw how the building was heated and I watched a film giving a brief history of the country. I am glad I found the film on my way out. 

I also visited the antique pharmacy and ran into Rick and Jean. She said she would not let go of me until we were back at the hotel. How sweet! We shopped on our way from Old Town to the hotel, shopping completed with new friends and with time to blog before we all meet to return fun yo Old Town for supper together, all 17 of us. I may return after dark this evening, but I will have many traveling companions.

It was a COLD walk to and from supper. Yet we laughed lots we ate our vegetable, i.e. green salad, salmon on pesto couscous with three snow peas. I chose not to eat the chocolate brownie. I learned that chocolate is called chocolate brownie here.

My roommate Mary and I have finished packing, for we must have our suitcases outside our door by 7 AM.

Gute Nacht, Mom

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