8th Unlock the Past Cruise: Day 6 Tallinn, Estonia
(Thursday 16 July 2015). I have a longer than expected photo-post for Day 6 of the Unlock the Past cruise as it was a shore day in Tallinn, Estonia, and apparently I took a HEAP of photos (over 100). With some effort I have managed to get cull these down to 20 for you, so I do apologise in advance for the long post, but found each of them is interesting , and I wanted to share.
The Celebrity Eclipse pulled into the dock Tallinn, Estonia at about 10am and it was fine but cloudy-ish day. I’m beginning to think that we brought the good weather after hearing about the horrendous weather that they had the entire trip on the voyage just before ours.
The day started slow with a sleep-in (much needed as I’m still not properly into the right timezone), followed by breakfast in the buffet, and then a wander in to Tallinn with my mum.
The streets of Tallinn I found different to other places I’ve been to. And it seems the be the high multi-storey buildings are the normal thing in Europe. I did notice a lot of graffiti and a lot of run down looking places in Tallinn, but in saying that much of the place had an old world charm to it – and hopefully the photos below convey at least some of that feel.
There was an afternoon Research Help Zone session where people could book a 15 minute one-on-one session with their expert of choice and get help with their research. These have been useful for many who have taken advantage of them. My suggestion, if you ever go on an Unlock the Past cruise, do some homework beforehand and get the details together for those line or people where you’re stuck, and run it by and expert or two. You just never know, they might some up with something you haven’t thought of.
Brickwalls have been broken from the Research Help Zone sessions!
In the evening Cyndi Ingle gave a presentation on Google Maps and Google Earth through the use of her powerpoint slides rather that live (due to the lack of internet on the ship), she managed to convey just the types of things you can achieve with the tools, that can connect with you genealogy. And potentially, as it is graphical, using maps is a way to get some non-genie family members interested in genealogy.
Putting pins with labels on maps, outline a property, attaching photos, overlaying old maps, creating a “fly through” video and whole heap more can be done with these tools, which of course are free. If you want a really interesting way to present you family history. you might want to think about using these tools! They really are amazing.
Anyway, here’s my photos from Day 6 … enjoy!
view of Tallinn from the ship
the Tallinn Balloon was flying, so we knew we were in the right place
and just to make sure, I found this outside a building too
markets at Tallinn
this was a surprise …
yeah, no chance of pronouncing those names
old street, old building and a snazzy yellow corvette
shoes and coffee anyone?
this is what all the streets (that I saw) are like
one of the entrances to “old” Tallinn
isn’t this street pretty
St Olav Church from a distance
St Olav Church from just outside it
I found a beautiful bookbinder shop that was selling these notebooks
if you didn’t want to walk, the bicycle taxi was a popular option
old building, next to a newer old building
this just oozes rustic-ness
back to the boat, but a quick pic with the 4 that were in port
the Celebrity Eclipse (left) and the Costa Luminosa (right), both in port at Tallinn
Next up, Day 7 and we’re off to St Petersburg …
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Tallin looks lovely! I would have been happy to see more photos 🙂
Thank you for taking me to a place that I had never heard of… so many interesting places…