Sometimes you need to write a blog post just because you have the perfect photo to go with it. This is one of those times. In the margins of the news this week, one of my favourite countries has changed currencies. I'm talking about Estonia, one of those not-so-well-known Baltic States, and how they …
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Picture pirouette: Romantic castle towers in Estonia
I adore Estonia, and here's another reason why. I took this photo while walking along the tower walls of Tallinn, the gorgeous capital of Estonia. As I understand of it most of these structures date back to the fifteenth century and for me, growing up with modern Australian "architecture" around me, …
Passport pirouette: Hopping through the Baltic States
When I was a kid in school, nobody mentioned Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania in geography classes - they were simply a part of the Soviet Union then, and it never really occurred to me that there were such distinct countries tied up in it. But when I backpacked through eastern Europe a few years ago, I …