On holidays from a holiday

"Poor Kate and Megan, the travelling life is so difficult and hard. They must be so tired and weary after seeing nothing but beautiful churches all day as well as doing cool stuff like visiting Santa. Not to mention eating amazing icecream all the time."

Thats what you're all thinking,right?

Maybe, maybe not. But after 22 days of full-time touring we both felt like it was time for some scheduled rest and relaxation. Nowhere was better than the sleepy town on the Baltic Sea, Parnu.

We booked ourselves in for 2 nights in the seaside town famous for being the holiday location of Estonians, Finnish and Germans, yet on our arrival who did we find in our room? 3 Aussies and an American. Straight away we were in our comfort zone and willing to do nothing but play cards and drink vodka in our tiny little room for 6.

"No wait", we thought, "maybe we should walk up and down the main street first?" The guys couldn't understand that this was the decision we had made. Why did we want to see Parnu? Somehow 3 hours flew by as we strolled along the beaches, past the mudbaths, and uncovered many statues, sculptures and fountains on the way.

We were keen to see the beach. Some sand, some water. What we weren't expecting was a surreal landscape filled with play equipment for giants, chairs that faced away from the water rather than towards it or a basketball hoop. On sand.


Somewhere along the way we discovered the timing device on our cameras and good times were had by all - up there with the discovery of macro mode, possibly?

The next day we waited until just after breakfast before our first strawberry / marshmellow combo with hot chocolate poured from the chocolate fountain. Heaven in a cup.

We cancelled out the calories by walking and eating our way back to Supelrand Beach. We were die-hard rebels walking on the sand instead of the boardwalk down to the waters edge. Then we realised just one other group on the expanse of shoreline were sitting on the sand. Who were these creatures? On closer investigation it was, of course, our Aussie friends. After a quick dip in the Baltic we packed up our camp and sat in the cafe playing wonderous games such as 13 and 500 and eating dumplings.

That evening we decided to go check out the internationally renowned Parnu Film Festival. Our choice was limited to the one movie in English called 'Dust and Illusions' (preceded by an 'Elegy of Wood'). "Something cultural", we thought. "That's cool!" Instead what we got was a powerpoint presentation of photographs of wooden furniture followed by a history of the Burning Man Festival, held in the Nevada Desert.

Our eclectic evening was rounded out by a meal at the Argentinian restaurant down the street. Estonians don't provide the best of service, however the food is always brilliant.

It was back to playing cards and showing the locals a thing or two about pool - like Kate's patented 'I'm too short so i'll lie on the table' move. All in all, the perfect timeout from our 2month time out :) Oh, and if you ever get the chance, dance in a cage!