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Estonia the land of perpertual sunlight!!

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July 21st 2008
After bobsledding our way through the other Baltic states of Lithuania and Latvia we headed to the northern most state of Estonia. We arrived in the capital and you guessed it.... It was raining not just rain though it was pouring and we were starting to wonder if we should head back to Riga when the rain cleared and we were able to get out and about. Like most of the other cities in this part o ... read more

Europe » Estonia

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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