The Alphin Family’s
U.P.C.I. A.I.M. Trip 8/2005 — 6/2006
Tallinn, Estonia
Various views of Tallinn's Olde Towne skyline
(left) Tallinn harbor (middle) on top of "Fat Margaret "
(right) "Fat Margaret, " home of Eesti's nautical museum
(left/middle) on top of St. Olev's (tallest church built during medieval times) (right) entrance to Olde Towne)
(left) "Kiek in de Kökk," or Peek in the Kitchen tower ; home of Tallinn's city museum
(middle/right) exploring Olde Towne
(far left) on top of "Fat Margaret" (left) Candace on top of a monument (it extended 25'
above ground level at the end, but we didn't let her venture that far out!) (right) "Long Herman,"
located next to the Parliament building (yes, the pink one!) (far right) in the heart of Olde Towne
Mark is standing in front of a "tourist trap" soldier cut-out (under duress, we might add)
Tallinn Harbor
(left) view out the back window of our apt (middle/right) an Estonian cleaning his rug in the snow
(we even filmed this, having never seen this done before in America!)
(left) New Year's Eve fireworks (about 5 km away) taken from our apt window
(middle) Viru Center Mall (right) a view of the Opera House
(left) the last Soviet-style building left in Tallinn (the Soviet emblem is still on the top;
a casino resides in it) (middle) nothing important...just a wildly-colored Eesti building!
(right) Bro. Rick Reynold's (fellow AIMer) favorite coffee shop, and the closest
thing to a fancy Starbuck's that we could find!
(left)
Candace's 11th birthday
(middle)
Miranda's 14th birthday
(right)
Robin Shutes' ??? birthday
(left)
Miranda and "Aunt" Robin jammin' to music
(middle)
enjoying Christmas
goodies from the home church
(right)
Dad and girls making Christmas cookies
Thanksgiving 2005 at the Shutes' house
This was our first holiday overseas, and the Shutes both went out of their way to make all of
the AIMers feel at home. There were several of us who'd been in the area for awhile, and others
who arrived just before the holiday. We had a great time getting acquainted with new friends.
(left, L to R) "the kids" - Candace, Summer, Miranda, Tyler, Taylor, and Damien
(middle, clockwise after Mark) Mark Alphin (OH), Rick Reynolds (OH),
Mark Shutes, Tony Miller (LA), Ben Richard (LA), Art Miraflor (CA)
(right, clockwise beginning at 9:00 p.m.) Shasta Miller (LA), Marlene Reynolds (OH),
Janice Richard (LA), Robin Shutes (Glenda is not pictured, as she was the photographer!)
Memories from services at Tallinn's Tabernacle of Hope, pastored by fellow AIMer
Rev. Rick Reynolds (middle row, middle picture, far right)
(bottom right) we assisted with youth classes while the Reynolds visited relatives in the US