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TAKEN BY MY WIFE IN OUR TALLINN APARTMENT

June 19th 2010
Excerpted from my book; OUR SUMMER IN ESTONIA: AMAZON.COM A famous practitioner of sauna culture was the Cold War Finnish President, Urho Kerkkonen. He would assemble his Soviet counterparts in the sauna at his estate and not let them out until agreement was reached on the items being discussed. A famous story surrounds the visit of Dean Rusk, at the time US Secretary of State. Rusk had pre ... 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

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Tom Marshall

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My wife and I retired to Naples Florida knowing that we would not stay there during the summer. Our plan is to go to different place each year, one that suits our criteria. We have rented for at least three months in: IRELAND, AUATRALIA/NEW ZEALAND,SLOVENIA, ESTONIA, MEXICO, CARMEL, Ca. (3 times) and presently ANNAPOLIS, Md. I have published four books about this lifestyle: (They are the basis for my blogs, and are at Amazon.com) OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA OUR SUMMER IN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND OUR SUMMER IN ESTONIA OUR SUMMER IN CARMEL(due Sept. 08) I am woking on a book to explai... full info

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