Elowen in Estonia: Day 2
We packed a lot into our first full day in Tallinn--it was unexpectedly hot but the forecast showed rain the next three days, so we felt like a death march was in order (though it never actually rained, so I suppose we could have enjoyed these sites in cooler weather). Since we bought a huge bag of blueberries at a market in Riga, we fed Elowen a breakfast of her beloved fruit and then caught a cab to Kadriorg Park, a huge green space in Tallinn where the jewel is Kadriorg Palace, built by Peter the Great for Catherine in the early 1700s. He died before they could live in it, so Catherine never moved in--but we also saw the much more modest accommodations where they stayed during various visits while the palace was being built. Kadriorg Palace is now a small but lovely art museum, though the real highlight is the palace architecture itself--the main hall was especially breathtaking. In fact, Kadriorg is the only palace built for Peter the Great where th...