There are a lot of first-times on that trip. Believe it or not, but out of my dozens of visits to Tallinn throughout my entire life, that’s the first time I have stayed there overnight. And because of that, it’s the first time I am not taking the early morning ferry and have not a breakfast buffet, but a lunch/dinner buffet. We boarded early enough to be able to secure a table by a front window, but since these tables are in the form of segments, it is inconvenient to sit by the window together – we would be too far from each other. Boris strategically put our belongings at the sharp end of a segment, and that way, nobody tried to sit at the same table – hurray!

So we ate and talked and booked our trip to Athens. I decided that I would go to Athens regardless of whether my talk would be accepted. If not, it will be a vacation. I still have at least ten unused vacation days!