Where is Estonia?

Estonia is south of Finland (across the gulf of Finland). It is also north of Latvia, west of Russia and east of Sweden (across the Baltic sea). Tallinn sits at about 60 degrees north latitude. For contrast, Churchill Manitoba, on Hudson's Bay, and Anchorage Alaska are both around 60 degrees latitude.

What time is it in Tallinn?

Tallinn is usually 8 hours later than Rolla MO (USA Central Time). The US and Estonia don't switch to daylight savings on the same date, so sometimes we are 7 hours different.
Today, August 13, sunrise was 5:33 a.m. and sunset will be at 9:16 p.m. For the surveyors out there, the sun came up at 59 degrees northeast by east and sets at 301 degrees northwest by west. The sun is not too far below the horizon yet, so "civil twilight"adds another 2 hours to the day.

The only word I can think of for old town is "picturesque," although that seems lacking. Search the web for Tallinn and you'll find a many beatuiful photos. I'll be adding some of my own come January.

Thanks to LabPixies for fixing my Tallinn weather gadget to actually read Tallinn. Great support!

If you want to visit the website of the University where I will be working, it is http://www.ttu.ee/. It is in Estonian, which is interesting to see, but hard to read.

On the other hand, there are pages in English. You can click the little British flag on the homepage or go directly to http://www.ttu.ee/?lang=en.