Tallinn Trip – Ryanair (London Stansted – Tallinn)

We were allocated the gate that was the furthest possible to walk from the main terminal and I was surprised when we got there that the two decadent members of the party who had paid for priority boarding decided that they would stand in the non-priority queue.

They soon moved when they realised that they were standing with the hoi polloi. There was the usual excitement of watching the Ryanair staff measuring bags and customers getting annoyed that they were being surcharged for carrying their huge bags on. Steve, Ross and I ended up standing next to Bev and Susanna in the queue to board, so their priority boarding experience was short-lived.

Ready to board.

The aircraft was EI-DPH, a 17 year old Boeing 737.

The flight was delightful as I had three seats to myself. Given my slight lack of sleep, this made the journey rather more enjoyable. The legroom isn’t great, but, in fairness to Ryanair, it’s pretty much the same as British Airways. Ryanair seats don’t recline, which is by far the most sensible state of affairs in my view, and the extra space meant I didn’t have to fit my bag in by my feet.

I fell asleep and woke up near to Tallinn. This was a perfect flight by all accounts, it was more expensive than my usual Ryanair purchases as it cost around £30, but everything went as it should have done and we arrived on time.

Woooooo!!

Steve was excited to see this. Now we just had to work out how to get to the city centre. Susanna wanted a private taxi, Bev wanted a bus, I wanted to walk, and Steve and Ross were happy any which way.