http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Estonia , Tartu en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:27:04 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:27:04 +0000 Yes it's true our time in Tallinn and that gorgeous apartment needed to come to an end. On the morning of the 26th we looked at all of our stuff that had migrated out of our backpacks over the last couple of days and hastily shoved it back in did one last pass of tidying up checked out and headed out to the bus station. Due to our experience with Altja we'd already quadruplechecked our tra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-432367.html last day so what do I do spend half of it in the shops I went down to the Bussijaam to organise my tik to Riga tomorrow at 6.45am its now 10.30pm I should not be writing this and get somewhat sidetracked by the big shopping malls down there designer label shops like Gant no sale Pepe Jeans sale bu they want how much for wrecked jeans etc and bought a very nice shirt in the E http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-431673.html Tartu 26 Augustgotta keep that production line going. No real text with this that can wait just want to upload the general views of Tartu at night this evening after dinner.Which was eaten at the Barclay Hotell its 5 floors or whatever but the evening desk guy told there are only 17 guests today no wonder they offered me 25 off And I was therefore the only dinner guest. A classic bor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-431433.html now Tartu in the SE of Estonia the express bus from Parnu took 2 12 hrs so here around 3.30pm its now 5pm and I am blogging its sad isnt it Discovered that always ask before leaving the Bussijaam bus terminal for next step the bus to Riga in Latvia abt 4 hrs only goes twice per day 06.45 ouch or 17.45 bit late to be getting in there. So staying at some of the more attrac http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-431335.html It has bee some time since i wrote on the blog and i am doing it now because during this weekend i had experienced something very strange that made me think about a lot of things. This has nothing to do with traveling seeing new places or meeting new cultures this is a picture of how Romania looks in my mind somehow..Friday afternoon after coming back from work and seeing some apartments i went http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-426905.html And here it comes the first weekend out of the city. Well i went out with AIESEC for a transition party EB to EB. The location was 45KM out of the city in an area with hills and all that the nature can offer lakes woods green grass beautiful sky bbq sauna and great people . The idea was simple one night out with 30 people bbq sauna and fun The new EB starts the term and the res http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-407123.html Some of you already know some other don't but at this point i started a new chapter in my life Tartu Estonia. I will be here for one year working for a national company in a field that is kind of new to me automation industry i will be responsible for all marketing communication and Exports to Eastern Europe Marketing communication and Export manager and not only. Well yea i know it is a s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-401463.html I love Lapland It is in a very northern part of Finland and I was there with the other exchangies for about four days. It was so wonderful If you have ever heard 'walking in a winter wonderland' imagine that in REAL LIFE That is pretty much exactly how Lapland was. There was so much snow that someone from Arizona and New Mexico would have thought that it was impossible except for on televis http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-351634.html Hello from TartuStill in Estonia a little further South closer to Latvia. So last night I had one cigarette outside the hostel then went up to bed. There was an American guy in my room but we didn't really speak at all until just as he was heading out for a drink. I kinda wished I'd chatted with him beforehand because I wouldn't have minded a little company but it's probably a good thing I g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-348350.html It seriously was Actually there has been so much that has happened.Today first. There have been a few mornings when I go outside to get in the car to go to school and there is frost on the ground. No big deal since it just signified that it was a little colder than before. So when I walked outside this morning I noticed that there was frost. Fantastic. Now I start walking into the building of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-345990.html This cat pretty much makes my night. Whenever I am in my room reading or online she always comes to visit me. We are pals and I decided that this cat makes me giggle so much that I am dedicating an entry to her. Sohfie is her name and she is one of the best host cats ever. Just take a look at the video and some of the pictures I know it is weird because this is a travel blog site yet this is a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-340145.html This whole week I don't have school because of fall break and I find it rather interesting. Of course Halloween isn't nearly as popular here as it is in America yet some people go trickortreating and have costume parties. I hope to find some in town soon. My adventures today consisted of the following searching for some soap telling someone of New Jersey and seeing HSM 3. My day started off http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-339702.html In the evening around 6pm Mikk's brother picked me up from the hostel. I grabbed my stuff and was ready to go. The drive took about 2 hours i think and then we were at Mikk's campus.That night we stayed in the new room Mikk was moving into that semester. After helping Mikk unload all his stuff we went out to Tsink Plekk Pang for dinner for Chinese. One of his mates came by and from here the four o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-338703.html Brothers from different MothersWhen I crossed over the border into Mongolia by train a month or so previeously I realised that I had in fact never really crossed a border before. Taking planes illiminates the ability to actually see border crossings and how close together most countries live. It makes you realise that in the UK we have been lucky in the past to never really have borders and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-338669.html i'm so easily amused first it was kiek in de kok now it's a supermarket chain in estonia that is called 'konsum'. so yeah add an E on the end of that and you get me chuckling. so that plus me eating crisps that have a pirate on the packet and im getting strange looks for my chuckling. am spending a quiet evening in me couchsurfers apartment watching some strange film about christina ricci ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-338094.html So many different things have happened that I find it hard to summarize everything that I want to write about. First off last weekend I went on Estonian tour and it was grand Basically that is the topic of the authorsrsquo choice right now. The tour started on a Thursday I know and lasted until Saturday evening. Not only was it fantastic to see the other kids it was so stupendous to get t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-335570.html So I did a really bad job explaining some stuff during the last entry sorry guys. Usually Rotary exchange students get two to four families that they stay with during the exchange. They change when their new club tells them that they will and it goes from there. I will be changing after Christmas and I will move to the Island of Saaremaa the biggest island that belongs to Estonia. I will stay w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-333570.html Last weekend I went to Helsinki to attend a district conference. While there I met some kids who have been there for eight months already. All of them Aussies and Kiwis New Zealanders of course. All of the Estonians that are living here now attended as well except for the my Mexican friend Mariandrea and it was a blast. We had five hours to ourselves in Helsinki... sounds like trouble I kn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-328488.html This entry is long overdue and I apologize. My birthday. Definitely adventurous. I went to the island of Saaremaa. Alright before I get too much into detail let me start at the beginning. Lea and I started off my day with giving me roses and a present sounds like another mum I know cough MUM cough. We finally got out onto the road and were on it for about two and a half hours or so. After http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-325051.html School as it turns out is not hard... yet. I imagine that it will be and very soon too. From what I hear people who go to my school are loaded down with homework and have to do loads of tests all the time. Kids come from all around Estonia to come to this school because of how fantastic it is. I am taking my classes and I am not really understanding most of it yet I am getting there.I have foun http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tartu/blog-322002.html