With things turning more and more to normal, as the pandemic is now (slowly) coming to an end and Covid turning from a threat to  just a nuisance (at least for most), it was time to get back to personal travel again.

I had done my travel planning back in January and February, when the Covid situation had still looked more sketchy. As such, I had decided to play it safe and stick with a European destination. Obviously the war had not yet started at that point in time, so Covid was the only concern here.

I ultimately decided for a trip to the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – a region, I have had on my list for quiet a while. Over the past years I have traveled to almost all former USSR countries (Russia being the sole exception here – and likely to remain for quiet some time to come now) – and it has always been of interest to me, to see, how these countries had developed since their separation from the USSR. And now was the time for a visit to the Baltic countries – countries that fought hard for their separation in the late 1980s – and which have since then turned into modern EU countries.

I made it to Tallinn on a direct afternoon flight from Frankfurt. After arrival the group got together at the airport, we made it to our hotel and for a first (medieval) dinner in the old town. After dinner most made it back to the hotel; I had a first bit of exploration around the old town – for a first proper impression of the city and the late evening twilight atmosphere (most of the photos below were taken after 23:00). Tallinn and I were friends quickly.