Dorpat Tartu

Well it's day 7 of my Grand adventure and I'm in Tartu, a university town in the South East of Estonia. It's a little more relaxed here than Tallinn, which is saying something!


Tartu was done and dusted in about 4 hours – there isn't that much to see and it was too hot to dawdle my way through the town and the masses of people. There was some sort of festival/fair going on and everyone was in town – ...

... of the month. Good thing I've been able to occupy my time by A) reading news and B) looking up graduate schools, tuition, and subsequently scholarships, fellowships, and grants :) ...which brings me to the next big section of text. (Speaking of segues, one of the shops on the town hall square has been renting Segways for a small fee. It's a little too expensive to be worth it, but it's still entertaining to watch people ride around the square on them ...

... maximum, and only a couple of papers and presentations overall. 21 hours next semester is going to be really tough... Anyway, we're leaving early Wednesday morning for the Norway/Germany/Latvia trip. I'll be gone until late Sunday night, but then I only have 1 class Monday morning and the same on Tuesday, so another nice break from work :) I've been a little lax in uploading pictures, so I'll try and catch up. I'll put some from London ...

... just to ask if they'll stamp my passport. I would have liked a Finnish stamp, but on this trip, I should be able to get Sweden, Austria, and Estonia if all goes well. No set plans for the actual time in Vienna yet, but there are museums and exhibitions galore, in addition to some of the most beautiful architecture ever. I'll be happy just to spend my time walking around and, hopefully, not spending a lot of money. Curse that euro! The wonderfulness of the kroon has spoiled me.

... to. Bev and I felt good leaving the Post Office with the job mostly done. We have maybe 50 or so to finish tonight and then the job is totally done! We went to the Wilde restaurant for lunch and then talked to the managers of the various Tartu hotels: Barclays, London, Drakooni and and Dorpat Spa, a new hotel by the bus station. The hospitality business is ...

... less than satisfactory....mostly because there was no train scheduled at that time on dark Saturday night. We are scheduled to leave from here at 5:20 pm on Thursday evening. Bev and I head into town to get something to eat and stop at the Georgian Restaurant which in my estimation serves phenomenally tasty food. Bev and I enjoy being with each other and our apartment to ourselves. The apartment is ...

... for Helga and Katrin went with her. We had an enjoyable meal sharing thoughts and stories. The weather was perfect. Toomas had to get a bus back to Tallinn at 4:15 pm. Helga's daughter-in-law picked her up. Katrin and Andrus went on their way. Katrin and Andrus will come by to visit with us on Tuesday. We relaxed a few hours and then Bev, Britt, Jim and I went out about the town ...

... coming from that outfit. My Dad recently purchased a Slingbox which is a device that allows you to watch your TV at home over your lap-top (along as you have a broadband connection). So, we had a bunch of Chicago fans over to watch the game. To show you how exiting the game was, check out the picture of the main Bear fan.

... Tartu, Tallinn, London". The longest we spend at any exhibits is a picture of 2 men and a dog from the 1930's, Lowri translates "He's tried to find anyone who remembers these men.... but he couldn't.... lots of people remembered the dog.... now he's speaking about the dog.... he's still speaking about the dog.... is a very brave dog.... still the dog.... everyone wanted one of its puppies ..... more about the dog ...

... aft** so much time at it.. We both walked into town to send off our Bible Study Courses to five Slavic countries that we put togeth** yest**day and in the morning. We needed to buy more envelopes and A4 pap** for a cov** lett** to go with Lesson One of the Bible Study Course in Russian. I love doing this, but realize that I'll be leaving Johnnie tomorrrow and he's going to have to carry on anoth** more than two ...