Prepare, Plan, Execute !
Trip Start
Jul 04, 2005
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Trip End
Jul 18, 2005
Brussels,
Belgium
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
1) how will I get there ?
2) where will I stay ?
3) what will I do there ?
1) How will I get there ?
Because I only have 14 days, I decided to take a plane. I know of some super Lithuanian Hitchhikers who manage to go from Vilnius to Brussels in less than 48 hours, but I'm taking the luxurious way and flying from Brussels to Tallinn with Estonia Air. I found a very reasonably priced ticket for a 228 € return flight.
2) Where will I stay ?
As a member of several Hospitality Exchange communities (www.bewelcome.org) it is not really a big problem finding people to stay. There are many Hospex members in Tallinn (244, not all of them active, however) and I already knew several people before.
Ideally, I would stay 2 or 3 days in one place, and then move to the next member. That way I experience different life-styles and I don't get on my host's nerves ! ;)
2) What will I do there ?
Initially I wanted to make it a "useful" trip by combining pleasure with work, and use my two weeks in Estonia to learn the language. This would mean taking Estonian lessons in the morning, and putting everything into practice in the afternoon.
I contacted several people and there is still a lot of planning to be done, but it looks good.
I even contacted an Estonian girl (Piret) to start an Estonian/French Language Tandem, but we only had one lesson and then she had to leave for Lausanne...but she's coming back.
In the mean time I bought some cassettes and using the "Colloquial Estonian" method I have learned my first phrases : "Kuidas käsi käib?"
Comments
HC
Hi Thorgal!
More and more HC members are using travelpod?!? Keep on writing!!!
CU Beni