I am being positively spoiled with visitors this month. First my dad came, and then a mere week and a half ago I got an email from my friend Siret (of London and cupcakes fame) saying she’d be coming to Tallinn for a few days with her mother and mother’s fiance! What a lovely surprise, [...]
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It’s like Christmas came early
Posted in Expat, Something to Eat, Väliseestlane, tagged American, British, candy, coffee, NaBloPoMo, pumpkin, Strawberry on Tuesday, 23 November, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Järvemetsa laager
Posted in Expat, Travel, Väliseestlane, tagged America, camp, campfire, Expat, family, laager on Tuesday, 21 September, 2010 | 3 Comments »
OK, this post definitely doesn’t focus on any impressive food, but I had to say a few words to fill in the almost week-long gap between our first and second visits to Philly. We attended the annual Estonian Boy Scout and Girl Guide camp (laager) held in Jackson, New Jersey. I went there every year [...]
The Garden State
Posted in Expat, Travel, Väliseestlane, tagged America, beer, New Jersey, sandwich, Wawa on Saturday, 11 September, 2010 | 5 Comments »
On our second weekend in the States we were in Central New Jersey for a big annual gathering of Estonians from all over America and Canada. We were so happy to attend because we got to see so many of our good friends all at once– friends from New Jersey, Canada, Maryland, and Virginia were [...]
Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm
Posted in eesti keeles, eesti meeles, Väliseestlane, tagged Estonia on Wednesday, 24 February, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Täna on Eesti Vabariigi 92. sünnipäev. Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm, kui kaunis oled sa! Elagu Eesti! Estonian flag on Suur Munamägi, September 2005 Today is the 92nd anniversary of the Republic of Estonia– Estonia’s Independence Day. The title of the post comes from the first line of the Estonian national anthem: My native [...]
Tallinn’s Christmas market ranked among 20 best in Europe
Posted in Expat, I Like to Write, Väliseestlane, tagged christmas, NaBloPoMo, Tallinn on Friday, 13 November, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today I want to share a link to an article in the Times Online about the 20 best Christmas markets in Europe. They’re not ranked per se, but the very first one listed is the Christmas market held on Tallinn’s Town Hall Square, and the picture included at the beginning of the article is absolutely [...]
