Baltic trip - day 3 Tallinn, Estonia

Our first stop on the Baltic cruise was Estonia, the first state of Russia to achieve independence in 1992. It's capital, Tallinn, is a medieval-type city but which incredibly has the highest ratio of people with an internet connection in the world and is also the city where Skype was founded.

More photos of our day in Tallinn are here.

Baltic trip - day 2 Boarding the Eurodam

Stepping on board the Eurodam in Copenhagen

Two swimming pools, 5 jacuzzis, and about 9 bars

We were ready to board the Eurodam at lunch time and first plan was to enjoy some lunch, explore the ship, decorate our door and enjoy the Sail Away Party as the ship headed for Tallinn, Estonia, our first port of call in the morning.

Making sure everyone knew the South Africans had arrived

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Baltic Cruise - day 1 Copenhagen

We catch an SAA flight to Frankfurt then Luftansa to Copenhagen

Catching a morning first glimpse of the Danish coastline and the Baltic Sea

Llewellyn in the sunny crowds on the Wednesday we arrived

Tasting morsels in the streets of Copenhagen

Typical harbour boat

This is where the little mermaid is supposed to be but is on loan to the Shanghai Festival and they have left a tv screen with a live feed from Shanghai in its place.

We spent a glorius day in Copenhagen - such handsome people, then stayed for the night, going out for a drink at Jailhouse before boarding the ship the next day.

See more photos of Copenhagen here.

More pics of Tallinn, Estonia

More pics day 2 of the trip - sailing away

Beautiful cabin with balcony, bath, mini-bar and sitting area

Lido buffet dining area for casual dining off the pool

Liam enjoyed the dress-up for the Sail-Away Party

The Explorer's Lounge at the front of the Ship was perfect for viewing

The bridge linking Sweeden to Copenhagen then dives down to a tunnel for the last leg so ships can pass overhead in the Baltic

More pics of Copenhagen

We were lucky to get 4 seats each on the SAA plane to stretch out and enjoy the flight to Frankfurt en route to Copenhagen

The plane leaves the Baltic and flies in over Denmark, 10 mins to landing.

Copenhagen Airport

Our eco-friendly Axel Hotel near the Central Station in Copenhagen. Comfortable but no aircon so we left the window open and fan blowing. Eco-towels were a bit like large dishcloths.

                                      

A variety of fruit and veg at the street vendors

The Beach - sand enclosure - alongside the harbour

David admires a replica of the statue of Michaelangelo's David - the original of which he saw in Florence in 1979

Denmark is part of the EU and the currency is the Euro