We spent the day at sea. I taught two classes – one at 9:05 and one at 1:30. There are usually 10-15 people in each class. At 9:05, I had two, and neither were there for class, but wanted to know how to work the keyboards, so I took the time and taught them a little about the keyboards. At the 1:30 class I had about 10. It was a fun class. We went to the Russian class next, to try to learn a little before we got to St. Petersburg in a couple of days. We relaxed for the rest of the day.
We were supposed to arrive in Estonia on Day 6, but the captain came on the loud speaker announcing a medical emergency that required us to speed up and get to Tallinn, Estonia that evening. We docked at about 6:00 p.m. They had a ambulance waiting, but they never actually took anyone off the ship. That gave us extra time, so after dinner John and I went walking into town. We spent a couple of hours looking around, then went back to the ship.
It is really interesting to experience what they call “white nights” here. We were out until 11:15 p.m., and it still wasn’t dark. The hardest part is that we don’t pay attention to the time, and end up not going to bed until after midnight, because it’s still light outside. And we sailed into another time zone, so we lost an hour.
Estonia is full of bars and clubs, and there is a gentleman’s club on every block. It really takes away from the beauty of the country and especially the town.
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