Tallinn vistas

Several viewing spots provide magnificent vistas of the medieval city. Most are on the southern and western sides of the town, high on various hills and medieval fortifications. With so many tourists, you had to wait your turn to get to the front to take some pictures.

This one looks to the north, with the harbor in the distance.

This looks more to the east.

UPDATE: In the July/August 2008 issue of AARP magazine, waiting for me when I got home, Peter Greenberg recommends Estonia in his article (p. 20): "Daunted by the Euro? Try these low-cost, low-tourist locales." He says, "Estonia is still off the tourist radar. . . even in the summer." I don't know when he last visited, but tourists have definitely found Tallinn, and I paid the usual exhorbitant prices for my cappuccino (3.4 Euros - about $5). His other European recommendation: Greenland. Sorry, not on my "to-do" list.

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