Saturday, September 4, 2010
Ferry to Kuresaare
AFTER SPENDING A FEW HOURS VISITING A CATHEDRAL AND CHURCH BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY, WE HAVE BOARDED A FERRY FOR A 30 MINUTES VOYAGE TO THE ISLANAD OF KURESAARE. WE PICKUPED UP OUR CAR/VAN THIS MORNING AND AFTER HAVING THE GUY CHANGE THE TIRES (THEY WERE AS BALD AS I AM) WE LEFT TALLINN FOR. THE ROADS ARE EXCELLENT AND SO FAR THE OTHER DRIVERS ARE NOT MANIACS. ACCORDING TO THE LONELY PLANET ESTONIANS AND LATVIANS ARE THE WORST DRIVERS IN EUROPE. I CALL BS; THE DRIVERS IN GREECE WERE WAY WORST. SITTING ON THE FERRY I AM THINKING OF TWO THINGS; ONE REMEMBERING THE WORST PEACE TIME MARITIME ACCIDENT THE SINKING OF AN ESTONIAN FERRY WERE OVER 800 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES AND TWO; HOW FAR TECHNOLOGY HAS COME. I AM WRITING THIS BLOG ON MY CELLPHONE USING A 3G CONNECION. I AM ALSO NAVIGATING MY WAY THROUGH THE BALTICS USING GPS MAPS ON MY CELL PHONE. I CALLED MY MOM THE OTHER DAY FOR TWO CENTS A MINUTE "IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE RIGHT NEXT DOOR" (SHE SAYS THAT EVERY TIME). MOST PLACES WE STOP AT HAVE WIFI CONNECTIONS. WHAT WILL THE NEXT 10 YEARS BRING US? I'M STILL WAITING SO FLYING CAR! JUST DOCKED - GOTTA RUN!
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1 comment:
no kidding! I love reading your blogs and seeing the pics - what an amazing holiday!
Cheers - keep blogging!
Gwen :)
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