Fra Mare Haapsalu

... However, while Finland managed to deliver itself from the jaws of the Soviet Union and into those of Western Europe, Estonia remained geographically and culturally attached until fairly recently (and then was fortunate to gain its independence fairly easily). In the meantime, Estonia remains connected to Finland by the ferry that shuttles back and forth between the two capitals, Helsinki and Tallinn. It's pretty much understood that many, many Finnish people go to ...

... I had to think of it until the end of our trip). It was 3cm long, big and shining black. First I thought it was two bugs - one eating the other, but no - it was all one body. We saw our second Vormsi sunset on one of islands capes, where you could get through a road where there was grass higher than humans, there used to be a path and it was possible to do with bikes, but I wouldn't dare doing it without Tom. He was breaking the way for me :) greetings, Mara and Tom

... stragglers from the night before staggering around looking for their friends, and not looking happy about the early kiddies music - haha!!We managed to catch up on a bit of sleep & do some sunbathing!The jellyfish were all over the sea - Paul insisted on pulling one out with a feather to look at it, but actually ended up bursting it we think - it didn't look too healthy afterwards anyway ...

... the road and said 'see the track, it is there'. Well where was the sign! We felt a little silly, but there you go. It didn't have much water coursing through it, but it was quite high. You could also see the different layers of rock down the cliff face and it all looked quiet lovely. We now had the task of driving back to the other side of Estonia to a place called Haapsalu. We wanted to take another route (not going through Tallinn), but ...

... the main square of town in the middle of a local weekend festival, complete with rock concert (Vientiane flashbacks) - police escort from main town square to our ho(s)tel - ... only to find out that our hostel did not keep our reservation and that we were homeless - but all ended well and Kongo Hotell was more than adequate (for double the price)

Destination 23:   km43'335 Der Sonderausflug reduziert sich nur auf Insel Saaremaa, da Fähre nach Hiiumaa nur 4x täglich fährt. Darum gehts weiter um sicherzustellen, dass WM- Match FRA-SUI in Tallinn gesehen werden kann... Beinahe gestürzt während Fahrt, da Strasse Baustelle war und dies in Estland heisst: Fahrbahn ist nicht mit Schotter, sondern mit bis zu ...

... geschlichen und dann unters Vorzelt....... Eine Katze!! XXXXX The cold weather has gone and it's getting warm! I stoped in Liiva for a special trip to the islands Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. I feel deep bad about the occurence from yesterday and even I got shocked by night as there was a cat crawled under the outer tarp.........a cat!!

... it has long been a centre of curative natural medicines and warm waters, with an apparently peaceful atmosphere. Unfortunately we got the season wrong and the day went just a little pear shaped. In defiance of a medium-range hangover the adventure started well enough with a ride through the frozen countryside on the local western-route bus. Lucky guesses from ...

... Nos alojamos en una casa rural, junto al mar en la aldea de Hullo, comimos tipica comida estona e hicimos la sauna tradicional que es mucho mejor que la normalemte se hace. Todo es tranquilo alla....es uno de esos lugares del mundo que da pena desvelar..no cuento más, mirad las fotos. ----------- INTERNATIONAL CORNER: At the end of September i scaped to a lost and little island in the Baltic sea, with some ...

... to the legend the White Lady in the wall is a girl who had violated the rules of the abbey. From the Watch Tower of the castle one can enjoy the best view to the town and its surroundings. - The Railway Station : Railway reached the territory of Estonia in 1869. But the official opening of the Baltic railway line took place on October 24, 1870. It was line from Peterburg to Tallinn-Keila and Paldiski. Some years later the local landlords ...