We had a taxi pick us up early in the morning to take us to the bus station in St. Petersburg so we could catch our bus to Estonia. The same driver with the same baby seat equipped van who got us from the train station when we first arrived came to pick us up. This time Jasper enjoyed sitting in the communist era forwards facing car seat.
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| Jasper being his usual cooperative self getting dressed in the morning |
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| Forwards facing car seat in the taxi van |
We got on the bus and headed east. The trip was scheduled for 7 hours, which seemed like a long time for just a few hundred kms. Turns out crossing this border on land is a little different from driving from Canada in to the USA. Two separate border guards got on the bus to check our passports from each country, and everyone had to get off the bus to go through customs twice as well. It took a long time, and as soon as we were free to go the bus driver pulled over for a smoke break! At least half of the bus happily got off and started hacking darts. So yeah, the trip took around 7 hours. The bus was very comfortable though, there was a free coffee machine on board, wifi, and a good selection of on-demand movies in the back of each seat.
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| Jasper riding the bus |
Jasper slept for a good part of the trip, and even the super stern border guards who looked like they were pulled straight out of a soviet era spy movie waved and smiled at him when they weren't busy taking cigarette breaks.
We got to our hotel in Tallinn just before dark, took naps, then went out for supper at a restaurant near our hotel and went to bed. Kristin was feeling ill and left supper early to go lie down. Hopefully she isn't feeling too sick tomorrow (spoiler alert, she's still sick, that's why the blog has been behind a few days and guest editor Patrick is taking over).
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| Licking his plate clean |
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