Tallinn, Estonia - the classic old-new experience.

Our guide made no attempt to disguise her hatred & contempt for the Soviet years.  But with the fall of the Soviet Union & the institution of more free markets, Estonia has bounced back dramatically.  The second picture is their musical festival venue (a sort of Estonian Hollywood Bowl), with a statue of an Estonian composer whose name I tried to memorize...but I'm thinking I failed.  Oddly, in both of these two pictures, our ship can be seen in the distance, just left of center.