The bear enigma

I've had a good long walk around this fascinating city. Uus and Aia are strange streets that feature a few old buildings but also shops, carparks, apartments and the general small stuff found almost everywhere in the world.

Kanutiaed is one of a number of stretches of tranquil parkland dotted around the edge of town. Here there is a tramp asleep, a couple of giggly schoolgirls, a young mum with her baby in a pram. I sit for a while on a bench and watch the shuttle buses come and go.

Shortly I catch one back to the Port of Tallinn. Here lies an enigma. Dominating the skyline, but not encroaching on the view of the town, is a sculpture of a bear. Notices I saw as we passed by on the bus, seem to indicate that this is the site of an Historical Theme Park, yet I've been unable to find any definitive information about it. From its location, I suspect the building was originally the Tallinn City Concert Hall.

Nynäshamn to Stockholm

As this is a tender port and Christine is confined to the ship, I am going to Visit Stockholm on one of the organised tours.

So it is off to the landing stage in Nynäshamn. There I board the coach that will take us to Stockholm.

Lighthouse and Teepot

Suitably refreshed, we meander down the busy Alter Strom. This is the former port entrance. On one side are pavement cafés and small boats; on the other an array of various shops.

Up a side street, we find a shop where we buy some small bottles of water. The road emerges by the lighthouse and the Teepot. The lighthouse was built in 1897/98 and if you have the energy you can climb the 32 metres to the top. At its base is a building called the Teepot, an exhibition centre built in the late 60s.

Arrival in Warnemünde

Tuesday morning we wake up in
Warnemünde which is part of the city of Rostock.

The ship is berthed in the river Warnow overlooking the West and East moles that guard the entrance to the port.

Arrival in Copenhagen

We partake of an early breakfast in Café Bordeaux. This is a somewhat more intimate dining experience than the restaurant or the cafeteria. I have a sausage kedgeree whilst Christine has eggs Benedicte.



We then go up to the Crows Nest and the Lido Deck while the ship enters the Port of Copenhagen.

As I am taking photographs, a ladybird lands on my wrist. I gently blow it onto some tarpaulin-covered loungers. It lands softly and then flies away.