  I took a helicopter this morning ( Copterline)  from Helsinki to Tallin. nbsp;  Wasn't too expensive-  round trip came out to 118 Euros one way helicopter and return on the Nordic Jetline. nbsp;  I've never been on a helicopter before and it was awesome crossing the Baltic Sea in 20 minutes flat-
 I always imagined the Baltic to be much bigger.
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 In any case,  after a little bit of a stressful encounter with the Estonian immigration official ( she freaked out because I didn't have an Estonian visa-  they're in the EU now,  hello?  We were well on our way into Estonia by about 10am.
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 We found the Old Town right away,  which is absolutely gorgeous.  It's basically a walled city that used to be the center of Tallin in the old days.
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 Architecture is gorgeous,  and I was genuinely surprised at the amount of foreigners in the area.
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 You have an eclectic mix of Americans who have no idea where they are or what they're doing,  to Finns who are drunk off their minds because booze is so much cheaper there then in Finland.
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 I'm convinced that Estonia is the American equivalent of Mexico.
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 Finns go there to get drunk,  buy cheap booze to bring home,  and go to strip clubs.  It's a great city,  as they have just been acceded into the EU very recently (
May I believe)  you can see the changes as capitalism take s a hold on the city.
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 Juho mentioned that the cars are the biggest indication of this advancement.
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 One year ago,  he was there and did not see one new car.
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 Now we walk around and there are Nissan Zs,  Benzs for cabs,  and markets that sell everything from amber jewelry to Nazi Germany medallions and old military equipment (
SS helmets,  etc.
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 They don't really believe in the mindset,  I think they're just trying to capitalize on a novelty.
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 I played around with the idea of buying Ken an old SS pin,  but for personal conviction,  I decided against it and bought him an old Soviet Union pin.
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 I think he'll appreciate it.
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 For Anne and Patti and my mom,  I bought them amber bracelets,  which I hope they like.
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 It just seems to prevalent everywhere in Tallinn,  and I thought it'd be cool to give it to them and be like " Estonian Amber!  How can you go wrong!  After some shopping in a random market mall where there really was not that much stuff to do (
I've seen better in Greenhilss in Manila)  we headed back to the Old Town to eat.
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 For lunch,  I had this great pork grill. I forget the name but it wasn't like the typical pork that's dry and sinewy.
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 This was juicy and tasty-  bery much like steak but at last 2x better.  We were tired after that meal,
 so after a quick cup of coffee at a place called " old estonia"  in the main square ( the front door girl was AMAZINGLY hot)  we headed to the park where the Independence Monument is and slept for about an hour.
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 After waking up,  we decided to hit a random strip club.
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 Since it was only 430 in the afternoon,  the girls were not exactly the best they could offer,  but I got a private lap dance anyway ( just to say I had one in friggin Estonia)
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 She was cute,  but she kinda ripped me off.
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 It was 300 kronos for the private dance ( which is like 20 Euros)  and to be honest it realy wasn't worth it.
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 She was attractive but not that attractive.
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 Apparently as well,  normal strip joints in Estonia aren't just strip joints,  you can do all kinds of other stuff.
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 Didn't appeal to me that much,  so I had a couple of Jim Beams and we headed off on our way.
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 After that,  we did some shopping at the harbor and I proceeded to buy a case of beer for 185 Kronos-  which is a little more than 10Euros.
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 That's CHEAAAAAAAAAAAAP considering hereit's about 13 Euros for a 6 pack of tall boys.
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 Now I understand why Finns buy in MAJOR bulk.
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 2 women standing beside me for immigration had 4 cases EACH piled on one of those old lady trollies.
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 Amazing.
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 The Nordic Jetline was a 1 hr and 45 minute trip in which Erki and I played the country game ( last letter of the previous country named is the first letter of the next country)  where he proceeded to kick my ass.  Luckily,  Nordic Jetline docks in Katajanokka,  and I only had a 2 block walk to my joint in Kauppiaankatu.
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 Got home,  took a shower,  spoke to Mon for an hour,  and now I'm going to head to bed.
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 Good times with Juho and Erkki.
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 3 weeks left and I don't regret a minute of this day trip to Tallin.
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