The inside of the old hansa

I'll Have The Moose, Medium Rare

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August 27th 2010
Visiting Estonia was never on the itinerary for this trip to Europe, but when our plans changed due to unforeseeable events, I suddenly found myself on a boat heading east from Stockholm across the Baltic Sea. The infamous 40 hour cruises run from Stockholm to Helsinki (Finland), Tallinn (Estonia) or Riga (Latvia) and are known as sleazy, yet quite popular, party boats to Swedes and their Baltic ... read more

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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