Hello again!

This time I am going to do things a bit different: I am going to write in English. Just in case that any non-Duchies want to read my blog as well. I cannot imagine that there are any, but still. I also told all my friends that my blogs are funny, but unfortunately this one is not that funny. Sorry! So prepare for a long boring minute-to-minute story. In case you have never ever went abroad, this is what happens when you go on a trip with me GuUuUuUrLs.

Ok, so last Monday some friends and I decided to book a trip to Tallinn for this weekend. Just in case you have never paid any attention during topographic lessons: Tallinn is the capital of Estonia. Estonia is, just as Latvia is, one of the Baltic’s states.

Friday:

After 5 hours of sleep we walked to the big bus station to catch our bus. I traveled with my roommate and 3 other Erasmus students. Two girls from Germany, Bengu and a Spanish girl. The bus was really cool, because all the seats had TV screens. So during the trip you were able to watch some movies, plays some games (chess anyone?), surf online or listen to some weird music. I sat next to Bengu and we watched discapable me. Because one of the new kitties is called minion, it’s probably relevant to watch it :P. The movie was ok, but near the end I fell asleep, so we haven’t finished it. After that I mostly slept and admired the beautiful landscape of Estonia/Latvia(which is basically forest, lakes and old houses). Around 1 ‘o clock we arrived in Tallinn. We had to take the tram to our hostel, but we weren’t sure where we could buy a ticket.(Ok, actually we just didn’t want to put effort in finding a place). We decided to play the stupid tourist and just not buy a ticket.

After being a little lost we arrived in our hostel. Our hostel is really cool! It is very colorful, clean and just cool. When we walked past the rooms, I saw a room called ‘porn’. So I joked to one of my friends, that it will be our room, because you know :P. And of course, we got that room! So we were porn girls for this weekend :P.

In the afternoon we decided to join a guided abdonned soviet prison tour. This prison is used during the Nazi and the soviet occupation. It only closed 10 years ago, but it was in such a bad condition. The guide was really good and he told us all kind of cool(and creepy) facts about the prison. About how many people stayed in one room (around 200, while there were only 40 beds) and the hierarchy in a room. We weren’t allowed to touch the doors, because some locks were still working, so if the door would lock we would have a big problem. There were some other people who attended the tour of which I hoped that they would be locked inside one, though. We ended the tour (not literally of course, calm down) in the execution room.

During the tour we met 2 Erasmus students from Finland. We decided to eat together in a cheap pancake restaurant. I ate a very thick pancake with quark, peaches and brie. They were really big so nobody managed to finish it. Also they sold hot wine. The hot wine is only a bit different than the Gluwein we are used to. This wine was much sweeter and it had a lighter color. After the hot wine we went to the supermarket to buy lots of alcohol. They drink, just like Latvia, a lot of cider. An 1,5 liter bottle of cider was only €1,99, so it was really cheap. We were really looking forward to tonight, and we had planned to visit different cool bars! When we arrived in the hostel we chilled a bit in our room. I probably don’t have to mention that I was on tinder, haha. Always a good way to get tips from local people :P.

So after that, we fell asleep. No joke. We were all lying in our bed, being totally comfortable. After a while we fell asleep. The light was still turned on, but nobody had the energy to get up and turne it off. After 2 hours (around 1 ‘o clock) we woke up to change into our PJ’s, because sleeping in your close is not really comfortable. After that we fell asleep again. (Because this is the 12+ version, I skipped all the porny things we did)

Woohoo!! Party night, this is where things happen. Or not.

Saturday:

Four of us woke up in their PJ’s, but Susanna (she is from Spain and is doing a very good job in pronouncing my name in a very sweet way. :P) was the only hardcore girl here. She was still wearing here close when she woke up.

After a shower and breakfast, we decided to join a free walking tour. Firstly, we sneaked in a souvenir shop were we saw Pippi Longstock’s dad. Seriously it was definitely him! He was sitting there, eating dome traditional food and unlocked his belt. I never expected him to give up his sailing life, but that’s what’s happens when your daughter ends up in porn, I guess.

Another 95 people also decided to join the free walking tour, so it was pretty crowded. The tour covered most of Tallinn’s highlights and the guide told us some pretty funny facts. For example: The prime minster is married to a popstar and they named their daughter Rihanna. Also Tony from the series ‘Skins’ joined the tour. Or his look-a-like. I stayed close to him the whole tour, in case that he would see me and accidentally fall in love with me. Everything is possible.

After the tour we picked up our sick girl in the hostel and went to a middle age place to have lunch. The whole old town of Tallinn looks like the middle ages, but it is in very good condition, so I guess it was def not build at that time. I expected that Tallinn would look a lot like Riga, but it is very different. It looks more touristic (not particular in a bad way) and more Scandinavian and hipster. Riga is more Russian. Also the people in Tallin looked less Russian and more Scandinavian. And some people were quit friendly!

So back to the food. The place was really cool and everything was in middle-aged style. They only served elk soup and some pastries and you could get free pickles. So after two pastries en four pickles, we walked towards the famous hipster area. I almost forget to mention that a bird pooped in my hair! But according to our tour guide it gives luck (you’ll find out which lucky things happened to me later in this post).

Ok, so we walked and walked away from old town to go to this cool and booming area. But then we arrived in the cool and booming area and there was actually nothing there. No shops, no hipster thing, not even people. So, I guess, hipsters only exist in summer. After that we went back to the old town, but firstly we made some super cheesy pictures. We suddenly arrived on Abby road and owned our own tree.

After that we wanted to get a hot coffee, because, you know, it was SO COLD. Susanna and Bengu are from the south, so they still are not used to these temperatures.(not that anyone is :P) After we didn’t go to 3 cafés (because €5 for pie is so expensive compared to Riga) we ended up at a reserved table. This girl, called Eva Maria celebrated here birthday this evening, but she let us use her tables first. So kind of her. We had a chai latte with espresso, because that’s a thing here. Also I had a slice of cheesecake. The cheesecake was 4/5, because it was really heavy, but a bit too soft.

After that we went back to our hostel. We made-up this drinking game were we all had to guess where one of the employees came from.(It turned out South-Africa) After that we chilled a bit, but didn’t fall asleep. We went out for dinner in a Spanish time (21:37), but that didn’t work out very well, because most kitchens close at 22:00??!?! On a Saturday evening?!?! We ended up in a pizza restaurant and for once I was the first to decide which pizza I wanted. My friends who order 5 minutes later were sent away, because the kitchen had already closed. So I got my pizza and I had to eat there alone. Nobody wanted a piece, because I ordered one with blue cheese :P. After that we went to the pita’s shop next to our hostel. My friends had Estonian kebab, where they put the fries inside your pita.

After that we went back to the hostel (If you are still reading this: very good! I am aware that this story is in no way interesting, because we are not the first group of people who go on a holiday. If you, however, still find it interesting and are wondering what will happen next: please continue reading). We took a lot of time to get ready, because the boys in Estonia are a lot hotter than in Riga. When we were finally ready to start our drinking games the public area was already closed and in the bar you weren’t allowed to bring your own alcohol. In our room it was also forbidden to eat or drink anything, so we had to act like high school girls and sneak our alcohol (and we had lots of it, I have only mentioned that 12343214 times in this blog) out of the fridge and into our room. We also didn’t have any glasses, except for the top part of my Dopper (Dopper supports secret drinking). We played this very classic drinking game ‘I have never ever’. It was a lot more fun, because now I can finally drink a lot. Actually there were some things were I was the only one drinking. (Remember that time when I was naked in a magazine?)

After we finished our game (2:30 :P) we went out to the bars. The, according to a tinder match, coolest club had an entrance fee of €10. So we decided to go to a cool wine bar, were we could dance as well and the music was really good. After that we want to another hipster looking club, with a small dance floor but good music. They also sold so many good cakes here! But I had already bought cheesecake today, so I forbid myself to buy anything. Only this place closed at 5(!!!) So we had to go somewhere els. We met two German Erasmus students and together we went to a cool bar, called Labor bar. It looked like a labortorium and the staff was all wearing labcoats. The beer was served in erlenmeijers and shots in reageerbuisjes. This club also closed at 6, so after that we were forced to go home.

Sunday:

Woke up. Had breakfast. Took a shower. Try to hide all our bottles(no, not really) went to our bus. In the bus I entertained myself by reading the best juicy website in the world: vivaforum.com. If you have ever entered this website, you know what I am talking about. I learned a lot.

After that we arrived in Riga. The end.

Bonus:

After we arrived in Riga we went into this department store called Stockman. (On the way I found a €5 bill, thank you bird poop) They had a huge discount and everybody went crazy. So we bought a lot of stuff. After that we went home and I made a really good pumpkin-ginger soup! (I told you about the pumpkin in my last blog, we actually have 2). After supper I wrote this blog and I went to bed.

Sorry for being not so funny. I am way too tired.

xx