• Guide Tanel in Tallinn. His day job was completing his PhD in Engineering Physics at the University.

• This is the amphitheater that is home to the Estonian Song Festival. If you want to learn more about the significance of this festival, watch the movie 'The Singing Revolution'.

• The Tall Herman Tower at Toompea Castle in Toompea, the upper old town.

• The Parliament building

• The Parliament building

• The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, perched atop Toompea Hill, is Tallinn's primary Russian Orthodox Cathedral. It was built in 1900, when Estonia was part of the tsarist Russian empire.

• The domes of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

• Domes of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

• A mosaic on the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

• A mosaic on the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

• St. Mary's Cathedral. The vaulted main body dates to the 14th century and the baroque tower was an addition in the 1770s.

• The baroque tower of St. Mary's Cathedral

• The 18th century baroque tower of St. Mary's Cathedral

• The 18th century baroque tower of St. Mary's Cathedral

• Marilyn and Lance Vinson in front of a Rolls Royce

• Overlooking lower old town and St. Olav's Tower

• Overlooking lower old town and St. Olav's Tower

• Overlooking lower old town

• Tallinn medieval city wall and towers

• This is a passage way between Toompea (the upper old town) and the lower old town. The upper and lower towns are historically two separate towns that were enclosed by a single wall and separated by a second wall.

• Looking back up through the gate that separates the two old towns

• A garden below the wall separating the upper and lower towns

• A garden below the wall separating the upper and lower towns

• Walking along a narrow lane toward the town square

• Walking along a narrow lane toward the town square

• The present form of the Tallinn Town Hall was completed in 1404.

• Tallinn Town Hall

• Tallinn Town Hall

• Town square with the tower of St. Nicholas' Church in the background

• Town square

• Town square

• Town square

• In the Town Square

• Peppersack - our stop for delicious mulled wine and apple tart

• Peppersack - our stop for delicious mulled wine and apple tart

• Peppersack door plate

• A server in Peppersack

• A server in Peppersack

• Apple tart and mulled wine

• Dave and Judi Gavin in Peppersack

• St. Catherine's Passage

• St. Catherine's Passage

• St. Catherine's Passage

• St. Catherine's Passage

• The 'Sweater Wall'

• Flowers for sale outside the Viru Gates

• Flower market

• Flower market

• Flower market

• Roses

• A tower at the Viru Gates

• The Viru Gates

• Kathryn and Doug Collins, Still Life with Table Settings - 2010

• St. Olav's Church and Tower

• Do the large tires help the ride on the cobblestones?

• Another bike shop photo

• Fat Margaret's Tower

• Fat Margaret's Tower, a defensive structure outfitted with cannons, was built from 1511 to 1530.

• Fat Margaret's Tower and the Great Coastal Gate

• The Great Coastal Gate originated in the 1300s. That is the edge of Fat Margaret's Tower on the left.

• The city emblem mounted on the Great Coastal Gate.

• 'Broken Line' framing Fat Margaret's Tower

• 'Broken Line'

• Fat Margaret's Tower and 'Broken Line'

• Playing on the sculpture

• Playing on the sculpture

• School girls playing a game resembling baseball. That is the tower of St. Olav's Church in the background.

• School girls playing a game resembling baseball

• The Tallink Hotel near the port