Paddy from the UK (studied in Tallinn in May 2018)

I took Russian lessons as a total beginner for one week in Tallinn. The lessons were just right, difficult but my teacher went at my pace. I honestly didn’t know what to expect about the course but it certainly exceeded my expectations. I now have a very useful grounding in Russian which I was not sure if it was possible to achieve in just one week. I can de-cifer now Russian writing and am recognising more and more words on Russian mini-series on Netflix! It was nice to get to a point where I could put cyrilic letters together to spell words that I had learnt. Tallinn is a good place to attend Russian total immersion courses although Russian is not an official language of Estonia. Tallinn is beautiful, full of lovely people and, above all, safe. I considered going to Moscow or St Petersburg which may have been a little better for practice but I wouldn’t have felt so safe sight-seeing at night or around the town. And the language school is just on the edge of the old town which is a lovely place to stay. Tallinn is a very welcoming town and a pleasure to stay in as a solo visitor.