For those not in the know, that’s “good-bye” in Estonian and is pronounced (roughly) HEEyad EYEga.
Tuesday was a rainy, wet day, but we made the best of it and checked out the part of Vana Linn (Old Town) we hadn’t yet seen…from the sea gate to the market square:
What a beautiful place Old Tallinn is…so full of history, so many charming surprises down each alleyway.
I had foolishly promised the girls that they could each have an Estonian “lambie”. Only when we found them at the souvenir shop, we found they cost 409 EEK (roughly $40). On our short timeline, after two hours walking in the pouring rain, to two wet and freezing little girls, I just couldn’t refuse:
Well, that was about the last nice thing that happened Tuesday.
Because when we got to the airport we shortly found out that our flight was delayed (again) because the plane had not yet arrived (again – this would appear to be a theme with Estonian Air). So we settled down happily enough to wait knowing that we were all seated together: in seats 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D. And then our plane pulled up to the jetway, and the Estonian Air staff called our names and asked us to come over to the counter. When we arrived, they told us that because the flight was late the computer had been required to “reconfigure the seating plan” and we had been moved. To seats 15A, 15B, 15C and 16B. But they put our 7 year-old daughter in 16B. Yeah, right. That’ll work out really well. When I asked if they could re-seat us together, the staff took my boarding pass, crossed off my seat number and wrote 16B, then handed it back to me.
I was not impressed.
I firmly asked to be re-seated together, and he refused, telling me the aircraft was full.
When we boarded, we realized what the problem really was. Our original seats (A, B, C & D in row 6) were actually in first class. Which was empty.
This is pretty much how the rest of the flight went off:
Not happy. Not happy at all.
I feel a letter to the president coming on. Oh yes I do…
Obviously $40 lambies don’t buy happiness for very long! Poor little C…pathetic face :*(
By: Jen on September 12, 2008
at 3:05 pm