from Helsinki 01/05/24
Despite arriving in the snow, our trip to Estonia was magical. Whether for the beauty and history of the places, for a vibrant artistic world, for the sea and the harbours, or of course for our search for places and the contacts we made.
First of all, Tallinn, Estonia's capital on the Baltic. A very pretty old town marked by history, with cobbled streets surrounded by ramparts. Full of pleasant surprises, superb market halls, nice bars and restaurants. Huge buildings, factories, offices, warehouses, barracks and prisons, probably from the Russian era, have been taken over by a vibrant, cool and trendy artistic world. This is also true of the port, where disarmed warships lie on the ground. The sea is there, and remains beautiful despite all its ills. We've even seen people bathing in the port on a beach not far from the ferries at a water temperature of 5 degrees. I'm not going there now.
Although Tallinn is the cultural capital, the smaller town of Tartu, 200km to the south in the interior of the country, is temporarily trying to steal its crown as it is the European Capital of Culture for 2024. We may have arrived a little early in the season and the movement didn't seem to have got off to a great start. What's more, it really rained all week. Still, there were a few pleasant surprises, including the remarkable National Museum of Estonia.
It's easier to set up the mirror card work to take a photo and mark a location than to install the 3.75m by 2.20m in three parts of Jean's reconstituted forest. Denant It's a question of time, place and authorisation. You can't just set up a forest in town on the sly. We wanted to do it on the way back from Tartu, passing a forest that had just been devastated. Unfortunately, the rain caught up with us and we had to pack up in a hurry. The photo below is a montage, but I promise to take at least one or two by the end of the trip. In this environment, we were not far from that. I love
Below are some photos of the Port of Tallinn, where we fell in love with a very special location on the water at the very end of an abandoned Soviet-era Olympic amphitheatre, Linnahall.
And last but not least, a short video (Thanks Christina for all the work I'm making you do :-)>)
Hugs and kisses
Christina and Martin Bez
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