Blogs from Estonia, Europe - page 8

Advertisement

Europe » Estonia » Tallinn June 30th 2017

I first became interested in visiting the Baltic states when I heard about the Baltic Chain. This was the longest ever chain of people holding hands, stretching 600 km between Tallinn in Estonia to Vilnius in Lithuania, passing through Riga in Latvia and numerous other towns and villages on the way. This peaceful protest by over a million people in August 1989 was against the continuing Soviet occupation of the region and garnered worldwide attention to the cause of Baltic independence. This was towards the end of the era of Mikhail Gorbachev’s presidency of the Soviet Union, but it was Boris Yeltsin’s rise to Presidency of the Russian Federation in 1991 that was more influential in the break up of the Soviet Union. Russian troops finally withdrew from each country late in 1991. My research indicated ... read more
Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius

Europe » Estonia » Tartu June 30th 2017

Hello my fellow travellers! I said some quick goodbyes to Katrina this morning before I left for the bus station. It was early enough that she wasn't really awake so it was a very short farewell. The bus trip went well and I arrived in Tartu after roughly four hours and I was greeted at the bus station by my new host Kristiina. Just like with some of my previous hosts she speaks Swedish and actually works for a Swedish company helping with the time management for our regional service travels so I said that she has probably talked to my father at some point though because he used to work in service travels before his retirement. Even though she spoke Swedish we actually stuck to speaking English the whole time, probably just felt more naturally ... read more
Emajögi
Kristjan Jaak Peterson
Karl Ernst von Baer

Europe » Estonia » Tallinn June 29th 2017

Dernière visite de grande ville aux Pays Baltes... : Tallinn L'origine du nom Tallinn(a) est clairement estonienne, bien que le sens originel soit sujet à débat. On s'accorde à penser qu'il provient de Taani-linn(a) qui signifie « château (ou ville) danoise ». Cependant, il se peut qu'il provienne de tali-linna qui signifie « château (ou ville) d'hiver », ou encore talu-linna pour « château (ou ville)-maison (ou ferme) ». Le suffixe -linna est souvent utilisé pour former des noms de ville et signifie soit château, soit ville, à l'image du suffixe -grad dans les langues slaves. Tallinna remplaça l'ancien nom allemand Reval (en russe Ревель) en url=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki... read more
drapeau Estonie
entrée dans la ville... de beaux bâtiments se sont installés ici...
DSC07804

Europe » Estonia » Haapsalu June 26th 2017

Haapsalu a été fondée entre 1260 et 1270, sous le nom suédois d’Hapsal, dénomination qu'elle conservera jusqu'à l'indépendance de l'Estonie en 1918. Elle était une importante mission de l'évêque suédois de l'île d'Oesel-Wiek, jusqu'à la Réforme protestante et fut érigée en ville diocésaine. Les premières chartes datent de 1279 et le château d'Hapsal, lieu de résidence de l'évêque, fut construit à cette époque. La ville fut alors colonisée par les Allemands, les Danois et les Suédois (qui émigrèrent tous après la Seconde Guerre mondiale). Elle fut visitée par Pierre le Grand en 1715 et entra dans l'url=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_... read more
à l'entrée des villages...
Petite église sur la route
et ancines cimetières

Europe » Estonia » Parnu June 24th 2017

Youpieeeee : sommes descendus de latitude donc à nouveau la télévision... ca fait du bien quelque part le soir pour se reposer... et s'informer ! Sommes en Suède pour quelques jours puis rejoindre le Danemark... ceci est écrit le 26 juin mais l'Estonie c'était encore début juin... Départ de Riga... nous irons plus loin... et ce sera l'Estonie ! 69èm pays... Nous commençons bien le voyage puisque quelques kilomètres après la frontière nous sommes arrêtés par la police (sans doute frontalière...) - Rassurez-vous... tout va très bien Madame la Marquise et son copain Pollux... Le permis de conduire est bon et les papiers du véhicule sont en ordre... A voir le passage de la frontière, ce ne devait pas être jojo par ici avant que l'Estonie ne rentre dans l'Europe... Nous voici à nouveau dans un ... read more
Nous y voilà...
Estonie
sur le chemin de l'Estonie

Europe » Estonia » Tallinn June 10th 2017

It has been a busy few days! But I must back up to the time spent in Oslo first. The early morning of our flight to Helsinki, Colin and I were walking to the train station and there was absolutely no one around. I mean no cars, not a single homeless person or beggar, local drunk - no one. We were laughing saying that we were the new Adam and Eve. The end of the world had happened in the night and forgot to tell us. It was pretty funny, just had to share that. Helsinki is a beautiful city with cheaper beer. Once we found the apartment we were staying in, we settled in and began our touring. Rick Steves book has come in very handy as we do his walking tours. That combined with ... read more
IMG_0468
IMG_0469
IMG_0471

Europe » Estonia » Tallinn May 22nd 2017

We just knew from the start that this was going to be a good trip. The taxi in from the airport is a Tesla Model S; a silent, all-electric, luxury limo. And our apartment is over an ice cream parlour! Huge walls and tall towers encircle the old city of Tallinn, it's like being in an open air museum. Large houses were built by German and Russian merchants in the 14th century. Each house has four floors - servants in the cellar; ground floor offices; first floor family apartment; then attics full of goods to be traded, with a hoist to pull them up straight from the street. There is a lot of history here. Danes, Swedes, Russians and Germans have all ruled; Estonia wasn't independent until 1919 and then only for 20 years. In 1939, ... read more
Merchants' houses
Church spire
Bog

Europe » Estonia » Tallinn May 11th 2017

Sometime during your childhood, probably on a family trip to a not too far from home beach destination, you saw your first one. You had finished your day at the beach. You had finished your ice cream cone or cotton candy. Someone mentioned the need to purchase something to bring home as a remembrance of your time spent together. You searched out a curio shop whose window had “souvenir” written in 4 languages. You entered through the shell strands that hung in the doorway. You made your way past the postcards, magnets and T-shirts. Along the back wall, alongside the polished rocks, nautical themed statuettes and aprons with silly puns, you found your first one. You hesitated to pick it up because it looked so fragile. It was round and made from thick glass. Inside was ... read more
Viru Gate Sunset
Tallinn Old Town
Tallinn Streets

Europe » Estonia May 9th 2017

Geo: 59.4392, 24.7586... read more

Europe » Estonia May 8th 2017

Geo: 59.4392, 24.7586Traveling from Gdansk, Poland to Tallin, Estonia... read more
SwissAir seat 5A




Tot: 0.179s; Tpl: 0.011s; cc: 13; qc: 78; dbt: 0.0792s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.3mb