Yesterday, Friday, we were still in Talinn (realised it was spelt with double nn!) as the ship had stayed overnight here. Luckily I was dressed when opening the curtains as another ship was alongside!
Once again we 'hopped ' on the bus but only to the first stop. We were searching for the 'KGB Prison' - this was included in the ticket for the Museum of Occupation. Following the map through the Old Town along streets of interestingly designed houses, we came across an attractive grey building.
Unfortunately the facade hid the horror of the KGB cells! The Estonian people were expected to tell the KGB about anyone family, friend or foe who were against the 'regime'. They were quickly picked up and thrown in the cells, waiting to be interrogated. The people of Eastonia are fully behind Ukraine.
We did a lot of walking - the cobblestone streets make for weary legs!
We set off late evening for Visby - on a one of the islands of Sweden called Gotland - arriving around 8am. Another ship was in port. Imagine our surprise when we disembarked to find hundreds of Hells Angels leaving the German ship. They were actually on a Heavy Metal cruise and dressed accordingly!
We walked into the centre of Visby, cobbled streets again! It's a beautiful place and is a World Heritage site. Its history dates back to medieval times. It has cute little houses. At one house the doorway was so low that even I would have needed to duck to enter.
A food festival was in the town square. I stopped at a table to sample a truffle dish only for the lady to give me a run down on how many truffles were found in Australia - who knew?
Visby is very unusual in the fact that it has ruins of 12 churches. The building of churches here started in 11th century. These ruins are remnants of magnificent structures.
We left Visby about 5pm just as a Heavy Metal group started up - we were all urging the captain to 'back out' quickly!
Today, Sunday, is a sea day - we are heading to Copenhagen. I went to a talk about DNA and the law - interesting.
The morning was spent playing table tennis quoits (I mastered that!) swimming in two different pools and time in the hot tub! Needles to say, after reading a couple of pages of my book, I nodded off.
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