I walked 2 miles to Kadriorg Park that is full of beautiful gardens and woods, including a concert area, a children’s park, the people’s park and the Japanese garden.
I also checked out the nearby ocean front park and Russalka monument, a memorial in classic style to those who lost their lives on the Russian navy vessel of the same name. “The sculpture, created by Amandus Adamson in 1902, was placed by the sea where the promenade from Kadriorg Palace comes down to meet the Bay of Tallinn. The monument depicts an angel pointing an Orthodox cross in the direction of the sunken ship.”
While I was looking for the Lounge24 at Radisson Blu Tallinn for its open-air deck view. The fitness staff center on 26th floor kindly informed me the hotel moved and remodeled without such deck, yet allowed me to take photos from the windows of the high end fitness center.
I then went back to Tallinn medieval festival for knight fights, medieval belt dance, court dance, and the final touch of a medieval pancake.
I took a free walking tour on Communist Stories of Tallinn in between, which made me sleepy so I bailed out early to get back to the festival. I then visited The Linnahall Soviet-era Structure on my own that is along the harbor, just outside of the Tallinn Old Town – a gigantic slab of Soviet-era concrete (originally named V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport). “The massive structure, which reportedly can be seen from outer space, was built in 1980 for the Summer Olympics sailing events held in Tallinn. The building is covered in graffiti and mostly abandoned.”
BTW, Tallinn is the Silicon Valley of Europe, like Skype, as well as up-and-comers like MeetFrank.
I am taking early morning bus to Riga, Latvia. Bye, Tallinn.
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