Inspired by remarkable Christmas time 2012 holiday in Estonia and Latvia
PLUS
from the 2 posts Places and Faces from previous "home leave" 1.5 years earlier.
This year the known reason for winter holiday in cold place was to see the winter in Estonia after 4 years, the commonly not known reason of getting married in Pärnu 3 days before the year number changed.
Places: shopping centre in Riga. Instead of window shopping went for escalator hopping.
Place: hip restaurant in Riga. Frozen marzipan cake worth of travelling continents... or at least from Tallinn to Riga.
Place: Frozen sea, Pärnu. Second main reason for the holiday: snow and ice
Place: Frozen sea, Pärnu
Face: KUMU, Tallinn. One white sheep. Spontaneous stop at KUMU (Art Museum), outside blistering cold (must have been at least -2 degrees), where else to be if not in KUMU!
Face: KUMU, Tallinn. Free divers from 1960s
Place: KUMU, Tallinn. Faces from different times
Place: KUMU, Tallinn. Small artwork in one of the corners of the exhibition a yellow digger pulling down Kadrioru castle.
Faces: KUMU, Tallinn. Sofa art
Face: Taivo. Getting wax done. Then skiing done, checked. The very last day in Estonia.
Face and place: Aegviidu, very traditional New Year dinner around long table
Face: Armin and the pork stake
Face: Annabel and her potato, this time as discussion partner
Place: Seaplane Harbor, Tallinn. One more museum. Interesting because of its interior and some of the exhibits. Honestly getting to know every single fresh & salt water buoy is not that interesting, of course if not being in process of making captain's papers
PLUS
from the 2 posts Places and Faces from previous "home leave" 1.5 years earlier.
This year the known reason for winter holiday in cold place was to see the winter in Estonia after 4 years, the commonly not known reason of getting married in Pärnu 3 days before the year number changed.
Place: Rizhao, China. All packed and ready to roll, just few kg over the limit. No problem, the best we have done is 90 kg of checked and non-checked luggage for 2 people, roughly 50 kg over limit between Shanghai-Rizhao.
Place: Central Riga. Latvians traditional pie or Finnish Karjala pie, same same. Ask from one or other side, hope not causing a border conflict, Estonia would be just in the middle.
Place: Riga Centre Christmas market.
Face: Santa, Riga Centre Christmas market. Not real, now I know
Place: Riga Centre. When very cold, even the traffic signs dress up.
Places: shopping centre in Riga. Instead of window shopping went for escalator hopping.
Place: hip restaurant in Riga. Frozen marzipan cake worth of travelling continents... or at least from Tallinn to Riga.
Place: Frozen sea, Pärnu. Second main reason for the holiday: snow and ice
Place: Frozen sea, Pärnu
Face: KUMU, Tallinn. One white sheep. Spontaneous stop at KUMU (Art Museum), outside blistering cold (must have been at least -2 degrees), where else to be if not in KUMU!
Face: KUMU, Tallinn. Free divers from 1960s
Place: KUMU, Tallinn. Faces from different times
Place: KUMU, Tallinn. Small artwork in one of the corners of the exhibition a yellow digger pulling down Kadrioru castle.
Faces: KUMU, Tallinn. Sofa art
Face: Taivo. Getting wax done. Then skiing done, checked. The very last day in Estonia.
Face and place: Aegviidu, very traditional New Year dinner around long table
Face: Armin and the pork stake
Face: Annabel and her potato, this time as discussion partner
Place: Seaplane Harbor, Tallinn. One more museum. Interesting because of its interior and some of the exhibits. Honestly getting to know every single fresh & salt water buoy is not that interesting, of course if not being in process of making captain's papers