Finland to Estonia

June 12:
Today was our last day in Helsinki. Things didn’t work out to go to Poorvo. We checked out of the hostel around noon and bought ferry tickets to Estonia. We walked across town to the ferry. Lots of people were out walking around and seeing the sights. The Navy and Army had some military things set up at the docks for people to see. It was pretty cool. We made our way to the dock, they stamped our visas, and we borded the boat. The trip took about 2 hours to cross the Baltic Sea to Estonia. In Estonia waiting in the customs line we made friends with some Finns who were there to buy their limit of cheap alcohol and go back to Finland. They took us in their cab to the city and dropped us off. We made our way into “old town” and found ourselves in an ancient city square. A girl named Siria led us to the hostel we were looking for. It happened to be right below a strip joint. We moved in and went out to explore the old city. The old city of Tallinn is amazing. Over 700 years old with real castle walls, moats, and gates. The streets still have cobblestones and are narrow.

June 13: Sunday
Today we got up and caught a taxi to what we thought was Pastor Barry’s church. After 3 hours of sitting in church with no translater we realized that we weren’t in Pastor Barry’s church at all. Loora said his church was on the other side of the river and she took us there to see it. We then caught the bus back into old town. While there we cooked lunch and did some paper work. Loora and her daughter Marya showed up and gave us the grand tour of the city. It was great and they showed us some places we hadn’t seen yet. That night we had a great discussion with Mike the black guy from Georgia, Eve the icon buyer from France, the firefighter from Florida, and the Christian guy from England. Mike from Switzerland was there also.