View of the Church of St. Simeon and Prophetess Hanna, originally built in the mid 18th C.

Pointy roof of building in the old town. 

Tallinn town-wall and ramparts. 

And here, to prove we're not lacking in courtyards, is another one... 

With lunch served outdoors in a cobbled courtyard.

Further down the same passageway, one of the cutest streets of Olde Tallinn.

Saiakang, literally 'white bread passage' from days when only plebs ate healthy wholemeal bread. Following this, a week of pretty postcard pictures of (mainly) old-town Tallinn. 

Today it rained. 

Blue skies and silver blades: Tallinn's abandoned prison.
A philosophy student was given a paper to write: Can a good man be happy on the rack?
His dissertation was short: If he were a very good man and it were a very bad rack, then maybe. 

Caught in the act of being happy.

Clock on the wall of the Holy Ghost church. Does any of my multitude of visitors notice any discrepancy? 

One of Tallinn's towers - which, I do not know...

No caption. 

This is one of my favourite graffitis in Tallinn. There's something struggling about it, and a cross between baroque and Escher. Pink too.

One of nature's take-aways. 

Afternoon light on one of the Tallinn Art School annex buildings 

Early morning in Kadriorg Park (early in the year too). 

Metallica Concert. Thousands of spotty geriatrics traipse out to a night of noise and beer. Surly bikers walk politely, and camp followers scavenge the empties. 

And what these are, I haven't got a clue either. Any ideas?

A 10% discount on holiday let accommodation in Tallinn (available soon) to the first person able to tell me the name of this pink-flowered tree (no postcards please). 

Famous Estonian writer (and raven).

Some roads just take longer to cross. 

Late-night moonrise amid the misty clouds. Time 22.40 and the days are getting longer. 

The art of selling pork scratchings, à la estonienne... 

Roheline aas, Estonian for "green meadow", one of the quiet country lanes in Kadriorg Park.