I just realized that I forgot to blog about one more museum in Tallinn – the Estonian Maritime Museum. The museum is relatively new, and its centerpiece is an old cog – a Medieval merchant ship.
It was built at the end of the 13th century, and it sailed for quite a long time until it sank in the mid-14th century. The ship was discovered and lifted from the sea in 2015. Now, the cog, along with hundreds of artifacts discovered on the wreck, occupy the museum’s first floor.
The second floor exhibits the history of the sailing ships.
Here, visitors can try to make different sea knots. Being from a Navy family, Boris knows all these knots and can make them with his eyes closed. He could not sand the imperfections and redid all of the knots 🙂
Great Russian Sea Explorers 🙂
The Third floor displays the history of the steam-powered ships, and the fourth floor- the modern motor vessels.
There is an observation deck and a cafe on the top of Fat Margaret, but since it was pouring rain we didn’t get out there.
A century-old diving suit
The rain only became worse when we exited the museum, and we decided that there are still enough cafes to explore 🙂
That one on the Baker’s alley was especially charming:)
And then we decided that our mission was accomplished and headed back to the ferry.
My name is Henrietta (Hettie) Dombrovskaya. I was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russian (actually, back then – Leningrad, USSR) in 1963, and immigrated to the United States in 1996.
I love Saint Petersburg, the city I was born and raised in, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. Similarly (but differently) I love Chicago, and can’t imagine myself moving somewhere else in the observable future.
I have three children, Igor, Vlad and Anna, all adults living on their own, and one (so far) granddaughter Nadia. I also believe that my children are the best thing that happened in my life.
As for my professional life, I am working in the field of Information Technologies. When I was twenty, I’ve declared that the databases are the coolest thing invented and that I want to do them for the rest of my life. Thirty plus years later, I still believe it’s true, and still, believe that the databases are the best. These two statements together imply that I think a person can have it all, and indeed, I think so! Keep reading my journals to find out how I did it.
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