I walked all along the mouth of the river, where this yachting centre is, than along the beach, which gets quite crowded on sunny days. Many people were bathing, although the water is cold - I know that because I heard some Russian people say the word for cold, it is one of the few Russian words I know (our ex-PD, who used to work in Russia, has a mania for very cold beer, and I learned it in this context!).

Pirita is only a short bus ride from chez moi, so I'll be going back. Some of my colleagues have also been, and one spent most of Sunday there, as she was in Tallinn alone - she just went to the beach, read her book in the sun, and took off her shoes to paddle in the Baltic, so that she could say she had done this!

It's really great weather here now, hope it keeps up - I'n going to write a few more posts over the next couple of days, I feel guilty about not posting, but I have been working hard, and have been on far too many planes as well.