White, white and more white

After a three hour flight, with Kerry only trying to dislocate one of my finger as her fear of flying kicked in, we were told by the captain that there had been heavy snow falls and the snow ploughs were clearing the runway.

So it was a very snowy Tallinn that greeted us. A taxi ride and we were at what I thought was the apartment I’d rented. As we couldn’t check in until 4pm we walked to the Old Square, which was about 200m from here. It’s a beautiful Square with a large Christmas tree in the centre and little cabins selling all sorts. It was snowing and we really felt the cold so went straight to the cabin which had a sign ‘Glog’, which we felt sure meant grog, and there they were serving hot wine! After trying to say cheers in Estonian, don’t ask, we slid our way around the square, it was really icy with the snow packed down, hoping not to make fools of ourselves by slipping and throwing hot wine over the locals! The local choir was belting out carols which all added to the Christmas spirit. The cold became too much and we sat in a restaurant, with yet more hot wine, watching the world go by.

We managed to find a supermarket to stock up on essentials and then went back to the apartment. It was then that I realised that this wasn’t the one I’d booked! After a phone call, visit to the place I had booked ( someone else was there!) and a quick come back of “I will give you a 50% refund” the issue was resolved!

The days are short with sunrise at 9:15 and sunset at 3:15. It seems so much later than it is.