Let Them Eat Cake February 12th 2012 There was an air of expectation as the plane sat on the tarmac waiting for take off. A number of the passengers were a bit on the boisterous side. It was a stag do – the new scourge of the Baltics. Cheap beer and other entertainments. How wrong they could be. Wrong place. Wrong time. Ever heard of the Euro? Nine years on... Estonia has!
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Europe » Estonia » Tallinn 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
The original purpose of the blog was the 20th wedding anniversary trip in 2006 / 2007 - Ashes cricket in Oz, setting off early in April and going the long way round!
The trip came to an end in February 2007 and for a while retrospective blogging was the only option (for reasons that you can find in the Road to Freedom).
There are still two to travel and the passport is now back in use in 2009. We get distracted in more than the odd football ground along the way, but it is all part of the journey.... full info