And, we had to try very hard at times.

No, not because of this well-known statue – known as the Father and Sons’ sculpture, but mainly because of the wet weather.

We made our way through the empty Town Hall Square towards Supilinn (Soup Town), so called because the streets are named after vegetables – potato, pea, bean etc. (written in Estonian of course).

This is one of the late 19th Century / early 20th Century wooden-house neighbourhoods that survived WWII. They feature quite narrow streets jumbled with wooden houses.

But there was still a bleakness about them.

Back to our apartment for morning tea and the sun came out for a few minutes, so we headed out again, this time towards Karlova, well-known for street art and its bohemian nature.

That was just about all the street art we saw, and clear skies, but there were loads more drab wooden-houses.

Tartu also has some very modern buildings and shopping centres. To avoid the rain, we spent some time in these as well. Mick was like a kid in a candy shop.…

So many IPAs to choose from.

His favourite was the Investor made by two Finnish men who make it in Tallinn.

These supermarkets also have ready-to-eat food. Sadly, we have little idea what much of it is. Although, what we’ve tried has been very cheap and delicious.

Mick actually bought what he thought were three cooked rissoles for lunch. When he got them back home he soon realised they were pieces of cooked liver, which was later confirmed both in the eating and by Google Translate. 😂