Blossoms galore

Sellers range from these shops along Viru Street offering an abundance of colours to little old ladies standing at street corners with bunches of lily-of-the-valley held in their fists. And people buy them!

A city steeped in history

June 4th 2008
4 June: FIRST FULL DAY in Tallinn, my mother's hometown. I buy a book of bus tickets at the local supermarket, then pile onto one of the trolley buses going the 3 km into "Old Town." And I do take my verbs seriously -- in spite of the busy car traffic (I have already seen one thoroughfare with six lanes each way!) the buses and trams are packed, and not just during rush hour but at 11 am a ... read more

Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, it regained its freedom in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops le... ... read more

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