My visit to Estonia ~ May 2013

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In July, only 8 weeks after my first visit, I had the chance to go again for one week to Estonia. I have updated my album with photos from this visit.
Starting here: viewtopic.php?p=270781#p270781
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I love old towns. Estonian cuisine is good?
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If you love old towns, Spatz, Tallinn is great!
Food - I think not much different from German food, people like the same things, like potatoe salad, pork, sausages ... and lots of everything!

A funny little story on the side - we were joking before I went for the first time that my Estonian vocabulary mainly consists of bird names, but I did not know any food names. So I joked I will order "stewed Kalakotka" and "fried Merikotka" and "Konnakotka pie" ... and then in one of the first Estonian restaurants I was taken to, they had, of all things, "Kotka cutlet" on the menu. Of course I had to have, after I recovered from laughing. And ... don't worry, the "Kotka" of the cutlet had been a chicken before turning kotka! :rotf:
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:loveshower: What a wonderful trip you had. Thank you for sharing your photos of a wonderful country and the capital Tallin,with such beautiful buildings & gardens :2thumbsup:

I hear Robbie Willams gave a great concert last night in the open-air theatre in Tallin The concert was transmitted live in one of our cinemas to the delight of his fans. :D

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Felis: Thanks again for all this nice pictures and interesting reports from your second visit to Estonia :wave: .
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You're welcome. I hope it is not getting boring.

Macdoum, for Robbie Williams "Visit Estonia" made a video to show where he had the concert - it was nice to see so many known places



But I have preferred the "Öölaulupidu Järjepidevus" - the Tartu Night Song Festival, celebrating 25 years of "Singing Revolution" which took place the evening before. Via internet it was possible to watch the concert until past 1 PM.

One of my personal highlights

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Felis silvestris wrote:You're welcome. I hope it is not getting boring.
But I have preferred the "Öölaulupidu Järjepidevus" - the Tartu Night Song Festival, celebrating 25 years of "Singing Revolution" which took place the evening before. Via internet it was possible to watch the concert until past 1 PM.

One of my personal highlights]
Not boring at all, Felis!!!! Thank you for sharing your trip with us:)
Thanks to you I saw/heard some of the Tartu Night Song Festival too, it was very nice, such a good atmosphere.
Your personal highlight was beautiful..again, a very good atmosphere.
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Thanks Felis, what a wonderful song, I loved to listen.
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Felis,I have always loved the Song Festival,I missed it this time :slap: Juta usually tells us when its on. I have sometimes been quite overwhelmed from the strong emotion we feel from the singers. :D Its a wonderful feeling.

Re;Robbie Williams,according to the newspaper that filmed visit to Estonia was shown in the cinema too,before his concert.
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On the day of Estonian Birthday there are lots of extracts here;

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=75

This is a song from the singing revolution..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zqeug7NGIc

It makes me cry. Kuremari has put a translation there if you want to learn more.

Felis,you have touched the heart of Estonia,you can understand,I'm sure.
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Maybe she forgot it, Macdoum, she let me know about it that evening and she also gave me the address where one can watch the evening: http://etv.err.ee/arhiiv.php?id=141536 and here some single videos http://etv.err.ee/index.php?0567950#.Uhjx723b0mQ

Yes, I have really fallen in love with this country. I have already put some of the music on my MP3 player to listen to.

(And Tõnis Mägi is among them)

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uaoooo!! Felis, a wonderful trip, I hope you enjoyed a great time, I had not realized this, that donkey what I had lost :blush: jijijiji
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macdoum wrote:Felis,I have always loved the Song Festival,I missed it this time :slap: Juta usually tells us when its on. I have sometimes been quite overwhelmed from the strong emotion we feel from the singers. :D Its a wonderful feeling.

Re;Robbie Williams,according to the newspaper that filmed visit to Estonia was shown in the cinema too,before his concert.
Hello Macdoum, sorry I saw this post only now.
It wasn´t Song Festival yet. It was one evening event. Song Festival will be next year in the beginning of July.
I was at Robbie Williams concert which was great, it was broadcasted to many Cinemas in Europe live.
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(A) Journey in Estonia - by railway modus -
Here you can find pics from a far relative of mine. Found by chance...
Please go to the last point - Baltikum 2011 - and klick on.
Now you have
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"Ausführliches Tagebuch"
"Bildergalerien - Tabellen" -
and for sure, be firm in German language...
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Last year (summer) we were in Estonia Hiiumaa.
and of course visited Tallinn :)
I can put a couple of beautiful pictures, I take pictures of the old analog camera :)

Next summer we will go on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa with our dog on the car! )

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Hollapolla, maybe you want to share your memories with us in this topic: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=686 ?

Unfortunately I can't see you picture here!
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