Haapsalu is a town where until 1943/1944, there was a large Swedish
population that has been around since the 13th century. Parts of the
town definitely still have a Swedish feel to them. It has beautifully
kept tidy streets with lovely parks and promenades but sadly is in
need of some investment, with faded buildings some even right in the
middle of town badly needing painting and repairing.
After parking up where we could borrow a wifi connection we discovered
we are now the proud owners of a very dead laptop, Which means that
this blog will probably be sadly lacking in photos for a bit:-( We
can't watch any movies, we'll probably have to listen to the same
music for the next 3 months, and have to ration the number of photos
we take. Arrrgh!
So we got on the road again heading for the Matsalu National Park
which is a huge birdwatching sanctuary for migratory birds.
Lunch, a snooze, then a walk with the mosquitoes before we headed
south again. Tomtom said it was 3 hours to our next destination so we
looked for something closer and headed toward the Matsi beach in the
Varbla district. We made it to this beautiful calm sandy beach beating
Tomtom to this destination by an hour! I think Tomtom expects the
roads to be a dirt track - but really, most of the Estonian roads
haven't been too bad - maybe a little bumpy. We parked among the pine
trees with a view of the setting sun, lit a fire, went for a late
evening swim and again enjoyed a fabulous BBQ complete with
marshmallows.
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