Blogs from Estonia, Europe - page 3

06 July 2019 The final event will be the Song Festival by 20,000 Estonian singers from all over the Country and beyond. Today there was a procession by all the performers from the Old Town to the purpose built stadium where it will be held. As many of the roads were closed, we took a water taxi from our harbourside campsite to a former seaplane harbour closer to the town. A half hour walk from there took us to the route and we arrived just before the procession started. We watched for over an hour, but understood it took four hours to pass by. We were impressed by the smiles of everyone taking part In the afternoon and evening, we met the rest of the group for a guided tour of Tallin’s Old Town, followed by ... read more

04 July 2019 The Lahemmaa National Park has a unique geological feature called Erratic Boulders which were left in the sea and forests by a retreating ice age. Today we cycled to the Kasmu Peninsular which has a particularly fine collection of them.... read more

02 July 2019 A further 250k drive took us to the north coast of Estonia and a campsite in the forested Lahemaa National Park with four peninsulas jutting out into the Gulf of Finland. On route we had a lovely walk along the sandstone cliff lined Ahjar River.... read more

30 June 2019 We drove a further 250 k north through fairly boring flat forested country into the last Baltic State, Estonia. Our overnight stop was at an attractive campsite overlooking a lake next to a hotel. It was close to the town of Voru.... read more

Lähdettiin aamulla ajoissa, siinä klo 10, jotta ehdittiin ajoissa Viron kansallismuseoon, joka oli sopivasti oikeassa suunnassa Tartossa. Siellä vierähti liki pari tuntia. Pysähdyttiin kahvitauolle Mustveen pikkukaupunkiin Peipsjärven rannalle. Ranta oli sen verran vaatimattoman oloinen, että ei menty järveen. Kahvila oli auki, mutta siellä ei ollut kahvia, joten jatkettiin matkaa. Peipsjärvi vaikutti liki merelliseltä: vastarantaa ei näkynyt. Kauksin kohdalla löydettiin pieni kauppa 'pood'. Juotiin siellä kahvit. Ei löydetty varsinaiselle Kauksin rannalle, vaan pysähdyttiin tien reunaan ja käveltiin polkua pitkin rantatöyrään yli hiekkarannalle. Kauksin kohdallahan on 30 km pitkä hiekkaranta. Vesi oli lämmintä, ranta syveni hitaasti, mutta aika nopeasti pääsi mukavaan uintisyvyyteen. Ajettiin Jõhviin ja syötiin siellä lounas itämaisen oloisessa ravintolassa. Sitten jatkettiin k... read more