Tour Day

Finally, the day had come! We were going on a trip to do different activities and see some wonderful things. So, once we were all ready we met and followed our guide Victor to the coach.  It was a long journey i was reading my book like usual while some people were singing songs for most of the journey.  We knew we were seeing a waterfall but we never thought it would be as great as this.  It was spectacular.  Victor explained that over the years some of the rocks had collapsed which created the waterfall we see today. Even though the water was brown in colour it was still clean water and when you got near you could feel the water splashing on your face face - which was very relaxing after a long time on the coach! We climbed down some stairs to get to the bottom of the waterfall where there were lots of rocks so it was good we had all worn comfortable clothes and shoes.  As well as that we saw two cute frogs next to the water.  One was light red hopping in the water and the other was as green as the trees, camouflaged in the river.  Getting too excited, we climbed  back up to the top and admired tttthe view.  It really was an amazing start to the day and after taking a million pictures, we headed back to the coach wondering what was next.

Written by Millie

We'd spent the previous day walking, walking, walking so as you can imagine we were SO excited to do some more WALKING. In all seriousness we were actually buzzing to have a go on the legendary Estonian swing. We woke up and wiped the sleep out of our eyes and soldiered on to the coach, confused as to which country we were in. We went to a waterfall too but that's been explained already. If you have spent any time with Guides together in a coach you will know that coach + Guides = singing. But soon the coach came to a halt and so did the singing. We did not expect to be WALKING for the next hour (at least). We had a lovely tour guide called Victor who guided us through a bog which we were all terrified of drowning in, balancing warily on the wooden plank which seemed to go on FOREVER.  On the way through the bog we stopped at various points and Victor explained how different landscapes had been made and how important the peat in the bogs is to Estonia.  We also stopped at a lookout which gave us incredible views over the bog. Soon we reached the Estonian swing and cue Ella's bit.

-Tessa.

As we were travelling in the minibus, we stopped off at a restaurant and had lunch.  It was Estonian food; some people liked the food more than others but we all gave it a go.  After that, we looked around a little area that has a nicknack shop and some of us bought gifts.  Next, we went on the Estonian Swing which was just outside the restaurant and everyone had 2 turns.  We all had great fun.  The leaders had a turn too and it was really funny.  Helen had a second turn and she was terrified: her voice sounded like a seagull!  We had a really fun time on it and our group, Ella, Olivia, Tessa and Me, went the highest.

By Ella and Evie

Our last stop of the day was a small village East of Talinn.  The village was called Kämsu in Lake Laheema national park - it sits on one of the bays which forms the park.  We clambered down to the shore where we saw an array of large boulders that had been moved from Norway during the  Ice Age.  There was a ladder on the largest boulder which we climbed up and took some aesthetic photos of the bay from. Then we decided to explore the smaller, still large, boulders scattered amongst the bay.  There was a seagull's nest on one, so we didn't stay long.  From the best we caught sight of an intriguing painted white wooden building on top of the hill.  This turned out to be a   lighthouse which surprised us all because it was dry small and hidden amongst lots of trees.  Victor explained that this was because of the shape of the bay and the light shone out to the areas it was needed.

Lottie,  Amaya and Eva

Finally, today we met a couple of  Estonian guides, who were called Katlyn and Katerin.  We were very interested in the different ways of guiding. For example they showed us their way of saying good night and what they do on a regular basis when they gather . We all connected as sisters while eating delicious pizzas. We performed a couple of our guiding songs and after they'd listend, they joined in. We all had a smile on our faces! We got into a horse shoe in preparation for Amy to make her senior section promise! She was lucky enough to have the international commissioner of Estonia and two members of the guides to watch how girls make their promise in the UK. After a night of laughing and learning, some of us got together to take pictures with our new sisters to remember the time we all had together. We've  had such a lovely day and we hope we can experience more opportunities like this in the future.

To Salli (Madre)
Happy 38th  birthday mum! I hope you had a lovely day and got spoilt rotten. You should know you are so special to me and you deserve everything the world could give. You mean the world to me ! I wish I could be there with you but but at least we are both having fun. I've been thinking of you non stop but I've still enjoyed myself! Can't wait to give you hugs and kisses. I love you to the moon and back, bagsy no returns!
Lots of love your favourite child
Keira
Xxx
P.s i love you lots my !little Unicorn Lexi xx