Instead of doing an organised tour today, we decided to catch the Hop On Hop Off Bus that was waiting at the port. It took us directly to the Old Town, where we visited 2 beautiful and very different Orthodox Churches.
The first, The Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin, baas built in 1240 and is now a Lutheran Church, was white washed inside and out, there was very little gold, but had the most incredible wood carvings. It had a last Organ and some beautiful candelabras
The second church, The Alexander Nevesky Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox Church and was very ornate, with lots of gold chandeliers, but photos were not allowed inside this church
The streets of the Old Town were quite narrow and some had interesting sculptures on the outside of the buildings.
We then caught the bus again and toured around the newer part of the city with its High Rise buildings and modern shops,
Eventually we returned to a different part of the old city, where we saw "Fat Margaret's Gate" and the Maritime Museum. We had lunch in a Boutique Hotel, called the 3 Sisters Hotel, and the building is 600 years old just inside the Gate, before returning to the ship for the Gala night.
After dinner tonight we were witness to one of the spectacular sunsets in the Baltic Sea, while we
sailed between Tallin and St Petersburg
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