It was time to leave France for the first trip to the Baltic states, starting with Tallin in Estonia. Arriving early evening, we did a short walk around the Old Town area before dinner in the town square. The sun doesn’t set here until 10:30pm and it will be up again at 4am. Hopefully can get some sleep after early morning rises in Paris at the Hôtel Pour Petites Vessies where the toilet flushing from the adjacent rooms reverberated loudly from 5am onwards.
Some key facts about Estonia
- Population – 1.4M
- Capital City – Tallinn
- National Sport – Basketball
- Summer Olympic Gold Medals – 10
- Winter Olympic Gold Medals – 4
- Highest Ever FIFA World Ranking – 47th
- Most Famous Sportperson – Anett Kontaveit – Wikipedia (Tennis)






The hostel is a bit quirky with the rooms having names like Inspire, Connect and Empower, the bathrooms known as the Miracle Room and toilets as the Thinking Room.

On this day in history (3 June)
1899 W. G. Grace‘s last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days


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