Finally I'm in east europe. For the people who don't know where Tallinn is, its the capital of Estonia, located right under Finland.
Today I'm already travelling for a week and I have crossed a huge distance. I posted my last blog on sunday when I was staying in Denmark.
On monday I went went Maris and Helle to a lake close to centre of Kopenhavn. In the afternoon we had a big lunch/dinner in a mediteranian/vegetarian restaurant. All you can eat for around 8 euros, really good actually.
The next morning I left around 9 o'clock, said thanks to Helle for her hospitality/tours through the city/her kindness. (Thanks again Helle for everything, it was great to see you again and let me know when you get to Holland)
My plan was to walk to the bridge to Sweden, that's around 7 km from the city. After half an hour I asked someone the direction, the woman said it would be pretty far to walk to whole way. So I bought a busticket of the last Danish Krones I had. Took the wrong bus (thank you very much danish woman) and ended up somewhere completely in the wrong direction. After an hour walk I arrived at the airport (close to the bridge). After 20 minutes I got a ride across the bridge and I was dropped off close to the city of Malmö in Sweden. Had to walk for another hour with my full 27 kg of bagage on my back. And arrived around 13 o'clock in the centre and sat down in a park.
Did I already tell you about the girls in Sweden. Well what they say is true. (you where right Ramon). Sweden is packed with amazing looking girls, everywhere you look, Goddamned. In Denmark it's the same.
But where was I, o yeah; So I was sitting in a park sending a text message to Johanna (one of the girls I met in New Zealand) because she was also in Malmö and we wanted to meet up.
Suddenly I ended up talking to 2 girls who where sitting next to me. One Danish and one Swedish (thats right nice, good looking girls) We played some frisbee, listed to some music and talked till 17 o'clock. They even bought me good falafel bread-snack-thing, which is sort of famous in Malmö. After the girls left I walked to the trainstation and asked how much the nighttrain was to Stockholm. 544,- Swedish Krone almost 60 euro.
It was already kinda late and if I didn't get a good hitch I certainly had to check in to an 20-30 euro hostel. So I decided to take the 23:00 train to Stockholm. Unfortunatly I didn't meet up with Johanna. After waiting for 5 hours, watching the footbal game (Germany-Italy) on the station and updating my journal I jumped on the train.
The train even had beds and I was sharing a cabin with 5 others, so 6 bunkbeds. I always like to sleep on trains especially when they have beds. After talking to a Swedish couple I fell a sleep and we arrived around 7 the next morning. A swedish girl (called My) I met in Bolivia was staying in Stockholm at her parents place and she smsed me how to get to her place. I took a bus and arrived at her house. Was real nice to see her again. She immediatly gave me a room in the guesthouse with a private shower. (Yeah it was a big house nicely located in a park just 15 minutes outside the centre)
She also gave me a bike which I could use to explore the city. That day I cycled around the beautifull city of Stockholm and visited some free museums. A real nice old city build one many islands. Later that evening we went to visit some friends of My in a suburb where they showed some of their music they made. Actually really good elektro/drum&bass music.
The next day I woke up late had breakfast and cycled to the terminals from where the boat was leaving to Tallinn. Bought a ticket for 595 SK for the ferry of 18:00, 15 hour boat ride to the capital of Estonia. I wanted to leave the expensive Sweden and go and live cheap in the east.
Went back to My's house and watched the rehearsel of the match France-Portugal after the match she brought me with her parents car to the terminal. Said goodbye (thanks again My for your nice house and hospitality and it was real cool to see you again) and checked in to the ferry. Shared the cabin with a russian, a swedish and an american guy.
Real fancy expensive ferry and because the food was to expensive, I had some muesli bars and a can of corn which I had with me.
I arrived around 10 in the morning in Tallinn. When I was walking out of the ferry I asked for a stamp in my passport which they normally wouldn't give. I started talking to an Australian girl and we visited some museums and nice attractions in the beautifull city of Tallinn.
Sorry everybody have to go the russian guy from the hostel is getting on my nerves because I already passed my 2 hours of internet time.
Soon I will post some photo's.
Head aega (Goodbye in Estonian)
Joost.
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Ahhh Eastern Europe! Curious what that's like! You did see the film "Hostel"... right? Pictures would be really cool. Take care pal!
D2da-utchie
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