The last three days of our trip were spent in Tallinn and Helsinki. Originally we have planned to spend two days in Tallinn and two days in Helsinki. However, that did not happen and I’m kind of glad (we decided to spend an extra day in Riga).
First of all, I must say – shopping in Tallinn is so cheap! A complete night and day price wise from Helsinki. Helsinki was extremely expensive..but why? My guesses people get paid more there? If you know the answer to this, please be kind and enlighten me and others who might be reading this. Another weird observation from Helsinki is that the stores are kind of boring? I don’t mean the mall, the mall was fun… I meant the grocery type stores. There was nothing unique… Like in Stockholm, Paris, Riga, and Tallinn we found all kind of candy and little knick knacks particular to that country/city. Also, the stores in Helsinki seemed modest– the magazine stand had nothing that a child could not see (no Cosmopolitan type magazines). Interesting! I liked that!