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2007 Vana Tallinn Trophy Trip Report
Short Version:
The 2007 Vana Tallinn Trophy was held May 19, at the Linnahall rink in Tallinn, Estonia.
I won the Silver IV-V Freeskate event. For those of you not in the know of Adult Skating, that is an event with the competitors over 45 with the highest jump being an Axel. There were 4 skaters in my group.
I hit all the jumps in the program, but didn’t have the best time with the spins. What’s funny is that during the last two weeks of practice, it had been the exact opposite.
I have the video of the event at:
http://www.gerfsc.com/videos.htm
I have some photos of the trip at:
http://rlichtefeld.sk8rland.com/pictures/?s=2007%2FTallinn-Helsinki-
Stockholm
Medium Version:
We left Atlanta on May 16 and arrived in Tallinn, Estonia at 11:00pm on May 17. Estonia is 7 hours ahead of Atlanta. Weather was fantastic all the days we were there in Europe. We actually took too many warm clothes and not enough short sleeves, etc.
I had an hour of practice ice on Friday afternoon and then the Draw Party at 6:00pm. There were about 60 skaters this year, from 8 different countries.
Saturday the competition started at 11:15, and I skated at about 1:00pm. The award ceremony was about 7:00pm, with all of us on the ice, and the President of their federation presenting the medals. Also, each of us were awarded a bottle of Vana Tallinn, the national liqueur. And, first place got a large bottle!
We stayed in Tallinn until Monday afternoon, when we took a ferry to Helsinki. We stayed there 2 nights, and on the second night we met up with Milla Ihalanien and her father Heikki. Milla skated at my rink until this April. Her family is moving back to Finland. Helinki is really interesting because it is so new. The city was founded about 1917 when Russia, who had just won Finland from Sweden, moved the country’s capital from Turku.
On Wednesday afternoon, we boarded a cruise ship for Stockholm. There are 4 cruise ships from 2 companies that go back and forth between Helsinki and Sweden every night, with a short stop in the Aland islands. The fares only cover the cabin and passage, everything else you have to pay for. They have huge buffets, large duty free shops, saunas, gambling, discos, karaoke, etc. Think of spring break for adult Finns and Swedes.
Stockholm was extremely picturesque. At least the part of it we saw in the 6 ½ hours we had there.
We then took a ferry back to Tallinn. We met Piret after she finished work on Friday and had dinner at a Russian restaurant. She then took us to a really neat place for dessert. It was great to get a little time alone with her. With everyone around during the competition, she is so busy you don’t really get to talk with her.
We got back to Atlanta over Memorial Day weekend, which was great, because is gave a couple of days to recover and get used to the time change.
Really, really long version:
I'll post that on my website when I get a chance.
Rob
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