It has been almost two months since I was here in Latvia. I didn’t
go out much because of my love to stay in my apartment or if I put it other way
round, my laziness to go out. So when my
other Erasmus friend from Nepal and Germany came up with the plan of visiting
Estonia and Finland, my laziness evaporated. I agreed to join with them after
discussing with my other Bhutanese friend here.
So on 10th October 2014
we took a bus from central station, Riga at around 2 pm in the afternoon. We nearly
missed the bus as our bus from the dormitory got late. We had to run to central
station after bus dropped us at local bus terminal and it was such a funny
sight to see all eleven of us running. People were literally staring at us. I just
could not help laughing.
After 4 and half hours ride, we finally arrived in Tallinn
the capital city of Estonia. We stayed in a hostel as it was much cheaper for
us. We didn’t have much difficulty in finding one as the organizer has already
inquired well about the hostel. We kept our luggage in hostel and roamed around
the Tallinn city. There were so many people in the street despite the late
hours. We had late dinner in one of the German restaurant. After dinner we
again roamed around. My legs were hurting because of walking a lot when I got back to
hostel. At around 2 in the morning we finally slept. We got up early in the morning and headed for
breakfast in one of typical restaurant of Tallinn serving their traditional
food. I thoroughly enjoyed it. After breakfast we roamed again. Brother Sangay and I
nearly got lost when we were taking pictures. As a result they had to search us and again we
got late. So we had to walk very fast to reach harbor on time to take ferry
to Helsinki; Finland. They would tease us that brother Sangay and i will be lost if we go together again. They would remind other friends to keep track on us. May be because both of us like taking pictures so we halt each and every place unlike them.
At around 12:15 pm we boarded ferry leaving to Helsinki Finland. It was my first time in
the ferry. I have always imagined about staring at the vastness of ocean and
thought about how it would feel. It was not ocean but Baltic Sea but I did feel
happy. I felt happy to see my dream transforming into reality. I wished to
freeze the time to have that feeling forever. But time waits for none and I didn’t
have anything to freeze that moment. All I had was to enjoy that moment fully
and carry those beautiful memory and feelings with me. I will always smile
remembering my first ferry ride. After 2 and half hours we reached harbor in Helsinki
.We went to hostel that we have booked by taking a tram. We roamed around the
city that day. We went to Irish bar to relax ourselves after having light
dinner at Mac Donald. There were eleven of us so finding a place to sit together
was quite difficult for us. There were
small cubicles where people can sit and talk. After waiting for some time we
did get a place to sit. Some of them drank beer, some fizzy drinks and I and my
roommate drank tea. We talked and it was
such a good place to hang out. All the people were talking, some ladies
group, some gents groups and some mixed. I really enjoyed the atmosphere. People were
talking and laughing. I missed my other friends.I thought
about how beautiful that moment would have been if they were here with me.
Next day after having heavy breakfast in one of the
restaurant serving their traditional food, we headed to National Museum of
Finland. Shame ran through my spine when
I realized that I have never been to the national Museum of my own country. I promised
myself that I would visit it as soon as I got back to my Beautiful country
Bhutan.So after that we headed to ferry back to Tallinn and from Tallinn
back to Riga. It was 3:47 am when we finally reached our dormitory fully exhausted. But it was worth it in a million ways.
I enjoyed every bit and pieces of those trips thinking that maybe
I will never get this opportunity again. I won’t be staying here in this foreign
land for long time. I usually sleep whenever I travel around Bhutan. I never
enjoyed the beauty around my country because I took it for granted and I am not
proud of it.I always thought that I will always get to see it other day and in
this process I never tried to look. Who knows what will happen tomorrow; all we
have is now. This trip taught me to value what we have at the moment. Because good things comes slow but they go
fast..I heard it somewhere probably a song.
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| Tallinn, Estonia |
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| Tallinn,Estonia |
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| Tallinn, Estonia |
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| Tallinn, Estonia |
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| Helsinki, Finland |
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| Helsinki, Finland |
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| Morning breakfast at Helsinki, Finland |
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| Helsinki, Finland |
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| Baltic sea on the way to Finland |
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