Beautiful. The Ukrainian and Estonian flags. I’m not really too misty-eyed about flags, but these have such a deeper meaning that they seemed quite dramatic despite being still.
Tag: Tallinn
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Tallinn Trip – Ragu Cafe
We decided to walk to the centre of Tallinn, which I thought was by far the most sensible thing to do and it only took around 35 minutes. Those with excessive amounts of luggage dropped it off at the hotel, but Susanna needed food urgently. There were limited options very near to the hotel, but Ragu Cafe was one of them, even though its Google Review score was lower than I would usually risk.
The excitement builds, Bev is positively bouncing up and down as the photo shows.
Generic lager and generic biscuits, this wasn’t really fine dining. On Saku, this historic brewery met its end as an independent operation when Carlsberg bought it in 2008. As a beer it’s inoffensive, but I was hoping for more craft beer delights during the week. The others had a variety of dishes, I think that the consensus was that the basic requirements were met, but there wasn’t much going above and beyond. However, the service was friendly, engaging and efficient, so it met the demands Susanna had made that she needed to be fed. We then shuffled off to the Old Town to experience some culture, whilst I was pleased that I had had my first beer in Estonia.
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Tallinn Trip – Ryanair (London Stansted – Tallinn)
We were allocated the gate that was the furthest possible to walk from the main terminal and I was surprised when we got there that the two decadent members of the party who had paid for priority boarding decided that they would stand in the non-priority queue.
They soon moved when they realised that they were standing with the hoi polloi. There was the usual excitement of watching the Ryanair staff measuring bags and customers getting annoyed that they were being surcharged for carrying their huge bags on. Steve, Ross and I ended up standing next to Bev and Susanna in the queue to board, so their priority boarding experience was short-lived.
Ready to board.
The aircraft was EI-DPH, a 17 year old Boeing 737.
The flight was delightful as I had three seats to myself. Given my slight lack of sleep, this made the journey rather more enjoyable. The legroom isn’t great, but, in fairness to Ryanair, it’s pretty much the same as British Airways. Ryanair seats don’t recline, which is by far the most sensible state of affairs in my view, and the extra space meant I didn’t have to fit my bag in by my feet.
I fell asleep and woke up near to Tallinn. This was a perfect flight by all accounts, it was more expensive than my usual Ryanair purchases as it cost around £30, but everything went as it should have done and we arrived on time.
Woooooo!!
Steve was excited to see this. Now we just had to work out how to get to the city centre. Susanna wanted a private taxi, Bev wanted a bus, I wanted to walk, and Steve and Ross were happy any which way.