England
On Friday, before we set off to stay with our next lot of friends in Cambridge, we headed into Oxford again with the aim of seeing a bit more and doing a walking tour. It was a chilly — and occasionally rainy — day, but we still managed to achieve both of
Estonia
More haikus! We're three weeks in already! Day 15 • 19 Sept • Tallinn to Helsinki to Worthing Twenty-three hour day. Too tired to make a haiku. Refer to line one. Day 16 • 20 Sept • Worthing Arundel Castle. Sieges, skins, salt galleons— It's another world! Day 17 • 21
England
On Wednesday, while based at our friends Bryce and Nikki's place, we headed into Oxford to visit The Story Museum. Before we got there, though, we stopped at Alice's Shop. This is where the real-life Alice, whom Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland was written
England
On Friday, our first full day in the UK, our friends Mike and Jo took us to Arundel Castle. This is a massive, almost 1000-year-old castle that has been home to the Dukes of Norfolk and their ancestors (the current Duke is the 18th one) for more than 850 years.
Estonia
Technically it was a 26-hour day (24 hours plus the two hours we gained by changing timezones), but I'm talking about how long B and I were awake for. We woke up at 3:50am on Thursday in Tallinn and didn't get to bed until almost
Singapore
Here's my next batch of haikus! Day 8 • 12 Sept • Johor Bahru to Singapore Lunch at Nachi's house: A great feast prepared for us. The kindness of friends. Day 9 • 13 Sept • Singapore to Helsinki Oodi Library. Google Translate makes us laugh: Unbridled Dog Bark. Day
Estonia
On Wednesday, we spent all day (10am-6pm) at the Estonian Open Air Museum, which we'd learnt about via our Lonely Planet Europe guidebook. It was fantastic! The enormous complex, located in a forest by the sea, was a 15-minute Bolt (Estonian Uber) ride from our accommodation. It consisted
Estonia
Here's a photo dump of pics taken while wandering around Tallinn's Old Town on Tuesday evening/night... 😍
Estonia
On Tuesday afternoon, we did a marzipan painting workshop at Cafe Maiasmokk! Cafe Maiasmokk is Tallinn's oldest cafe and has been operating since 1864! The lady at the cafe explained a bit about the process, with the help of a video that was playing on repeat, and then
Estonia
Sigh. Tallinn... 😍😍😍 I MAY have visited more picturesque places in the past, but at the moment I'm having trouble remembering them! Beautiful Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is absolutely breathtaking. I could rave for paragraphs but will let the photos do most of the work for me! Tallinn
Finland
After we visited Vanha Kauppahalli (Old Market Hall) on Monday morning, we headed to Hakaniemi Kauppahalli (Hakaniemi Market Hall). This was a recommendation from a writer friend who lived in Finland for a year. Hakaniemi Kauppahalli was in a newer building and the ground floor stalls looked more modern, but
Finland
This morning (Monday), we checked out of our hostel but left our carry-on bags in the bag drop room so we didn't have to lug them around. Then we made the most of our final few hours in Finland by visiting two market halls before we needed to