A bustling city

Sometimes you just get lucky!

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June 16th 2008
FINAL IMPRESSIONS about Estonia. The other day a lone sea gull approached me when I was eating a sandwich in Tornide väljak (square). The bird seemed a little more reserved than its western cousins -- somewhat like the Estonian people who seldom look you in the eye or acknowledge you, a stranger, in the street. However, in the countryside, when I cycled past a group chatting by a fence or in fron ... read more

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Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its f... ... read more