Days 8 - 10

Tallinn - Helsinki

Tallinn is a beautiful place with lot's of distractions, apparently. We managed to stay two more days in this lovely capital of Estonia. After a night outside it was quite obvious, that next day wasn't going to be the cycling day. So we moved out of the camp and visited a friend who offered us their garden for camping. It's always nice to have somebody local to show you the place. And next day... next day was tango night, so we stayed another day, again at the camp place - which, strangely enough, is not intended for tent only visitors. Thanks for understanding. Somehow the nicest girl at the reception managed to find the way for us to stay there anyway. And moreover we got the chance to wash the clothes too. The third day we had to make a decision - run for the ferry to Finland, or stick around. We chose the former. And almost got caught in Helsinki beer festival. Luckily the camp site is about 15 km from the centre, so we didn't bother to go back, although the metro station is right next to the camp. Needless to say, we were too late for sauna.

Day 7

Parnu - Tallinn: 110 km

It had been raining. The morning was hilarious. We don't know why. Up until today, every morning was funny, but this time we just couldn't stop laughing. Simply because, we had no idea which day it was...
Due to the lack of time - lost in Vilnius and Riga, we were about 150 km behind our plan on our 7th day. There were no actual plans really, but we liked to feel, like there were. So we made terrible decision not to take the scenic beach road, but went straight to Tallinn with the idea to board the ferry to Helsinki as soon as possible. The main road is kind of a motorway, but we saw some cyclist, so we did not try to look for the alternative road. The weather was kind of cloudy, so when we got a bit of sun we stopped to dry the tent. When we finally got to Tallinn, there were no big "Welcome to Tallinn" signs. So we had to make sure we were actually already there by asking people about our whereabouts. I guess they thought it was a candid camera day.
So we wondered around the city looking for camping by simply following the crowd. There were literally thousands of people going in the same direction, walking on the four carriage way road. We eventually got to the Tallinn City Camping. which was totally overbooked for some strange reason. Never the less, we stayed there, well at least our bikes and tent did. The reason for crowd on a random summer Wednesday was Robbie Williams's concert just a stone throw away from the camp-site. We spent the night out in the city with the majority of the concert attendees.      

Day 6

Svetciems - Parnu: 110 km

The usual. Start easy and then gradually take it easier.  We crossed the Estonian border without special ceremonies, which is weird, since we at least expected a coffee. Everything was closed - end of the season apparently - in mid August?!. We stopped quite a few times and decided to camp somewhere around Parnu. Finally we settled under the bridge just outside the city. Yes and there was a beer story.