23W 2D タリン Going to Tallinn

フィンランド旅行 20/08/04 - 29/08/04 Day 6

今朝は調子が戻って来た。子宮筋腫の悪さも峠を越したらしい。午前中はゆっくりと休んで、お昼すぎにエストニアの首都、タリンに向かった。タリンへは、フェリーで１時間半。往復約３０ユーロ。到着後、ホテルに飛び込みで入る。一泊１００ヨーロほどするって事は、今まで泊まった中で一番高いホテルだ。タリンにも２泊することにした。

旧市街は観光の中心で、ロシア教会を含めて、ドイツの街のように細い路地に覆われた街にたくさんのヨーロッパ風建築物がある。お昼に入ったカフェでは早速Jasonの頼んだメインを２回チャージされてしまったが、払い終わるまで気がつかなかった。観光客をちょこっと騙す…しばらく忘れていたアジア的な状況だ。気を付けないと。

夜は面白そうなので、「網屋」日本食レストランに行ってみた。オーナーは日本人に違いないだろう。８０年代のユーミンや竹内まりあベストが流れているからだ。これは、私と同じコレクション。ってことは、私と同年代で、１５年ぐらい前に日本を脱出して、それ以来あまり日本の音楽をアップデイトされていない人じゃないかと想像する。サラダの前菜とメイン、デザートで２人で約２０ポンド。エストニア、ホテルは高いが物価は安いかな。

Summer holiday in Finland 20/08/04 - 29/08/04 Day 6

I've felt much better today. Fibroids seem to have stopped harassing me. We took time this morning and left for Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, after lunch. It takes 1.5 hours by ferry from Helsinki and costs about 30 Euro for a return ticket. We found a hotel after arriving Tallinn. It is about 100 Euro per night and this is the most expensive hotel we have stayed! We have decided to stay for 2 nights.

Its old town is the centre of the tourism. There are lots of churches including spectacular Russian church, old European buildings and small allies. We were ripped off at a cafe, they charged double for the main Jason ordered for lunch. It's like one of the Asian countries, they try to cheat tourists! I started to feel more alarming as if I was in Asia.

We went to a Japanese restaurant 'Amija'. The owner must be Japanese because an album of Yuming in 80s and Takeuch Maria best were being played as a background music. They are both same collections as mine. Probably the owner has been abroad as long as I have, about 15 years, because he or she as well has not been updated with new Japanese pop music, like me. It was about 10 pounds each for appetizer, main and dessert. Accommodation is expensive but other prices seem to be quite low.