May 2023. Day 3 of the Baltic Explorer, and a 4:20 hr trip straight south from Tallinn to Riga through an endless forest of newly planted birch and hazel. About £20 each on a Lux coach that didn’t quite mean “luxury” but at least had intermittent WiFi and leg room. Mrs RM had wanted to… Continue reading BALTIC MURK
TAKE THE FIRST BUS TO RIGA
May 2023. Two nights in Tallinn, then off to Riga. Country/city ticking is as arduous as visiting pubs in the Scottish Highands. The second night started later than planned, as we returned to our apartment on Sauna to find that, again, the key didn’t work. I rather compounded the problem by pushing the whole lock… Continue reading TAKE THE FIRST BUS TO RIGA
MINING FOR TALLINN CRAFT GOLD
May 2023. A last mini-post from Tallinn, but probably not a last trip to Estonia. In 2020 Duncan wrote a trilogy of posts about the capitals beer and football scene (the lack of Chinese takeaway tips is a weak spot in Pubmeister’s blog), and concluded it was “Pint for pint as good as anywhere I’ve… Continue reading MINING FOR TALLINN CRAFT GOLD
STARSHIP TALLINN AT POHJALA
May 2023. Even Duncan, who’s been known to squeeze reports from 3 continents and 33 non-league brewery taps into a single post, took his time in Tallinn. Have a look at his lovely post on Pohjala, where he visits the former Padarei Prison, the only building in the Estonian capital NOT a craft beer bar.… Continue reading STARSHIP TALLINN AT POHJALA
TICKING OLD TALLINN
May 2023. If these posts seem a bit rushed it’s because we have the in-laws here in Sheffield for ten (10) nights, which isn’t as challenging as two (2) weeks but Mrs RM is already ticking down the minutes. So some very short posts (I think the in-laws are stealing our internet), with a quick… Continue reading TICKING OLD TALLINN
ROTERMANNI
May 2023. Only one whole day in Tallinn, not enough to even scratch the surface of Duncan’s craft beer guide, but we did make a decent attempt at seeing the many and varied quarters of the city itself. The old town (the brown bit below), the stately eastern streets leading to the palace of Catherine… Continue reading ROTERMANNI
The pub all the Baltic cruisers go to
May 2023. We only had one full day in Tallinn, so best get our skates on in the morning and get aimlessly lost early. Our apartment “Sauna”, in a little alley in the heart of the Old Town, was a quaint little place, with some artwork straight from the ’70s. and everything worked perfectly. Except… Continue reading The pub all the Baltic cruisers go to
TAKING UMBRAGE OVER UNTAPPED IN TALLINN
May 2023. Tallinn was eerily quiet as the clock ticked past 11. But apparently there’s a few places that don’t go to bed early with a cup of Ovaltine or Estonian equivalent. Koht seemed to have the some of the highest scores in Europe on Rate Beer, “As a craft beer nerd this is the… Continue reading TAKING UMBRAGE OVER UNTAPPED IN TALLINN
ONLY 3 SECONDS, BUT WHAT A LEGACY THE SCOTS LEFT IN ESTONIA
May 2023. Only two nights in Tallinn (and Riga and Kaunas) so we needed to make the most of a gorgeous evening where we had the famous Old Town cobbles to ourselves. 454,000 IT literate souls live in Tallinn, but they’re obviously tucked up in bed early as the streets were largely deserted as the… Continue reading ONLY 3 SECONDS, BUT WHAT A LEGACY THE SCOTS LEFT IN ESTONIA
HANDPUMPS IN TALLINN
May 2023. Not sure if I mentioned it before, but Mrs RM has a wall chart (made in Ukraine) with little badges showing all the places she’s been in the world. Yes, she’s hoping to tick the world. You can’t imagine what it’s like being married to a ticker, folks. My own attempts to complete… Continue reading HANDPUMPS IN TALLINN
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