The Halford Family Visit

January 28th we welcomed our great friends Sarah, Andrew and Sophia to spend a few days with us and celebrate Estonian New Years together.  Because we only had a few days we needed to get touring.   The first stop -Old Town.  Everything looks magical in town around Christmas.  From year round flower market that welcomes you at the Viru gates to town square with beautiful christmas three, reindeer zoo and winter wonderland market filled with local made wool sweaters, handmade iron decorations and plenty smoked meats and european sweet delicatessens.

We took a trip to Jägala Waterfalls  of Jägala River that is located about 4km before the river flows into the Gulf of Finland.  The water is approx. 8 meters in height and more than 50 meters in width.  It is the widest natural waterfall in Estonia.  In the winter when the water mass gets frozen it creates an ice wall with large icicles.  A tunnel may be formed in between the ice hanging down from the edge of the waterfall and the wall of waterfall.  Unfortunately the river was not 100% frozen and we didn't get that tunnel to walk under.   However this was a cool sight to see and visit.