Tartu, Estonia Travel Blogs

road trip !
Sep 16, 2007

... of the day drinving through the national park (stopping to pick apples) to our next stop which turned out to be Tartu. Tartu is another city in Estonia, renowned for its student culture. We ended up having dinner in town before having to leave due to the ...

Student Towns, Yellow Submarines and GTs
Sep 13, 2006

Following the turn around that was Tallin it has been onto Tartu, Estonia's student capital. From our arrival, immediate pub crawl, and massive night at a beer hall made from an old ammunitions dump carved into a mountain, we have dominated this town. ...

Tartu
Aug 21, 1999 (3 photos)

... and had trouble finding a place to stay mainly due to the language barrier, but eventually settled into the inventively named 'Hotel Tartu' I went out for a meal and drink and then had a few hours wandering around the small town looking at the Town Hall, ...

German the Russian / Friends / The Mailing
Jan 26, 2009 (9 photos)

... ; It's a bit different this time because we have received many many new subscription requests from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Moldova.   This will more than double our mailing from this time.    OK. We ...

Da-Bears
Sep 30, 2007 (11 photos)

We kind of took things easy today. My wife was starting to resent me because I wasn't able to take her to the Indian restaurant yesterday, so I took her along with the Spencer's from Sweden and my parents. I know many of you might be wondering why I ...

At the Post Office and the Radio Station
Jul 21, 2008 (3 photos)

... wish that Paavo would have been there, though. But our delegation got a look at the premier Christian radio station for Estonia.  A young lady was finishing up a live morning broadcast that she does daily. The station also streams its programming on ...

El espiritu de Estonia
Aug 2, 2007 (12 photos)

Tartu es la capitual espiritual de Estonia. Aqui nacio su primer teatro y tiene sus universidades de renombre. Nos ha parecido una ciudad joven y moderna. Tiene su centro historico con sus edificios bien preservados, una parte moderna con grandes ...

Stuffing Mail / Visiting Valdur in Prison
Jan 27, 2009 (6 photos)

... work is going well.    Before I knew it, the visit was over.  Will see him again on June visit to Estonia.  He commented about how much he appreciated all the letters that have come to him since we posted him on my Prison Page at ...

To Tartu! We're Home!
Jan 25, 2009 (9 photos)

... streets.  It's so different from the summer where the light seems to be endless.  I actually love the ambiance of Tartu, Estonia.  It's really a nice-sized cozy and comfy town.   One thing that is front and center on our minds is ...

Wrapping up in Tartu
Jan 28, 2009 (4 photos)

... discounts...up to 45 per cent off.  If the dollar hold well against the Kroon and we indeed get this kind of discount, Estonia can be a great value this fall.  The hotels we really liked were the Drakooni and the London. The London Hotel also has ...

Start
Jul 12, 2008

This is start of the tour...

Mailing / Prison/ Helgi
Dec 28, 2007 (3 photos)

... to be there for the visit was for the first visitor processing stage. The Vangla prison is the second largest prison in Estonia with 1000 inmates. There is a larger one near Tallinn with 1300 prisoners. From the first "welcome" center you are taken ...

Stuffing the latest GN and Bible Study Course
Jul 20, 2008 (5 photos)

... in Estonia then is able to monitor the mail continually in the northern part of the country.  Since our office is in Tartu, southern Estonia, we also have a PO Box in the South. And, that's where the mailings are made from.   We have a ...

First full day in Tartu
Sep 27, 2007 (17 photos)

... vibrant city. You can see construction all over town (mainly coming from Finnish and Swedish investment).  Estonia has the fastest growing economy in Europe mainly due to favorable tax rates and trade restrictions. That night we had a ...

From Helsinki to Tartu, Estonia
Jun 21, 2007 (11 photos)

... hotel that people will be staying at as well as our meeting hall.   My day today will revolve around just getting to Tartu, Estonia.  Most of the time that I've traveled between Finland and Estonia I've gone by plane, but it's a distance that ...

With Katrin and Andrus and visit to the Prison
Jul 22, 2008 (5 photos)

... had gone on a walk about town and visited a medical library/museum.  Katrin had been with them earlier, too. Tartu University has a medical faculty.  We talked some more with Andrus present.  He had some philosophical questions.  He ...

Hi Ho, Hi Ho....we work with a song
Jun 25, 2007

... is enclosed.  It's really a nice package.  It represents so much good work from a team of people from Moscow to Tallinn, Tartu to Barbadows to New York State.  The list of names is long.  All the product of their work is in the flat- ...

Two Days in Estonian Jail
Jun 26, 2007 (14 photos)

... we have requests from the following countries in Russian:        Belarus      Estonia      Latvia      Russia      Ukraine   Then we ...

Tartu - The Spirit of Estonia
Aug 2, 2007

... 4 hour journey on your hands (or bums as it were). Regular readers (mum? Rosa?) will know that Tartu is Estonia's "spiritual capital" so we were expecting something a bit different from Tallinn.  First impressions were clouded somewhat by the fact ...

The Sabbath in Tartu, Estonia
Jul 19, 2008 (3 photos)

... appreciated the cards and well-wishes that have come from all over.  Her address is   Helgi Luts, Anne 30-87, Tartu, Estonia for anyone who would like to write to her.  I have been posting progress reports about her on my prayer page ...

Meeting Liis and also a canadian in a park
Aug 24, 2006 (4 photos)

... was a cool ride especially with all the attempt to over pass slow cars and trucks along the tiny 2-lanes highway. Once in Tartu, We arrived through some muddy road surrounded by wooden building which were pretty cool and they left me in the center of ...

Waterpark, Balkan Restaurant
Sep 28, 2007 (12 photos)

Today, we had several options.  After services, there was a walking tour around Estonia which was my vote and there was also a water park near our hotel (everyone else's vote).  So, being out-voted 3-1 (the negative effects of women's suffrage) ...

Tartu, seat of learning and fun
Jul 12, 2005 (6 photos)

I first wanted to hitchhike to Tartu, Estonia's most important University City, but it was too hot and my backpack and other luggage was killing me. So I payed 95 EEK (about 8 euro) for a busticket and about 3 hours later I was at my destination where ...

Tartu
Jul 10, 2006 (11 photos)

We caught the bus to Tartu, a university town, crossing most of the country to get there. Upon arrival, we decided to walk to our accommodation. This was quite a walk. Perhaps we should pay more attention to the scale of the map next time :) The town ...

Lots of progress on the mailing
Dec 27, 2007 (3 photos)

... to pick up the copying. I used my rolling carry-on roll it back to the apartment. We could now start stuffing the Estonia mailing! One frustration in printing the address labels is that the paper standard they use here is A4. US is "letter" size. ...

Finally, some sleep!!!
Oct 7, 2006 (2 photos)

... at times. And the breakfast was... different. I don't think I've ever been treated to pizza for breakfast before. That aside, Tartu was a pleasant enough place. Nothing special and not that much to see, and oddly quiet for a college town, but quite ...

Tartu University and Indian Food
Sep 29, 2007 (29 photos)

... the shower, to the kitchen, then garage, then from our car into our cubicle. Around noon I went to the University of Tartu.  It was quite an enjoyable visit, the fall colors were in full bloom as Tartu is roughly at the same parallel as ...

Johnny come lately
Jun 22, 2007 (2 photos)

... the War of Independence when Estonian forces defeated the German troops on 23 June 1919. After this battle against Estonia's traditional oppressors, Jaaniõhtu and the lighting of the traditional bonfires became linked with the ideals of independence and ...

Student Traditions
Jul 13, 2005

Those crazy students! Wherever there are students, there are traditions. Here are some of the more famous ones in Tartu : First of all, you are only considered a REAL Tartu student when you have fulfilled the following three criteria : 1) you ...

Visit with Estonians and Latvians. WOW!
Jul 18, 2008 (5 photos)

... ; It was exciting to see new subscribers for the Good News magazine and the Bible Study Course from Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia and Estonia.  I will be entering these new subscribers into our database on Sunday.   You can read the United News ...