We've had more rain this autumn than *insert some long, mouth-opening time period, which i seem to recall was more than a decade*. My colleagues tell me that this means one of two things: either we're in for a really bad(ass) winter, or we're in for a mild winter, or presumably somewhere in the middle, because they're clearly hedging their bets. Regardless of how cold it is in Helsinki, it'll certainly be cold in Tallinn, at least if my recent expedition is anything to go by. Here's a photograph of Madeleine at the dock.
Cross-referencing longitude is not a sure-fire way to predict how freezing a place will be. Tallinn resides somewhere south-east of Helsinki, underneath Russia, propped up by another ex-communist country, which most likely possesses an equally beautiful "old town" but is otherwise full of concrete monstrosities similar to the above. I was therefore a little shocked to notice a 3 degrees weather report on the catamaran, compared to Helsinki's now seemingly very generous 7. Fortunately, unlike some other cold countries I know, it turns out Estonia handles it well (unlike the interior decor of their churches). This is especially true when it comes to alcohol. Warm wine, warm beer. From a very nice man in a grey snow-flake jumper. Yum! Unfortunately Tallinn does modern art museums less well, to which the following is testament.
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