Monday, December 22, 2008

"When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty." - George Bernard Shaw

***

Baltics trip
Day 13 - 28th May - Tartu, Tallinn; Estonia
; Selected pictures/videos from HWMNBN and YC


Me and my umbrella, on way to Tallinn bus station


Tartu town square


Socialist realism?


Their excuses for their actions in 1939: "Willing to escape from the worst, the Republic of Estonia still decided to preserve neutrality. This naivety and bona fide retaliated sorely already in the spring of 1940."


Polikliinik




Me walking down street


? (the thing above is the Town's Coat of Arms, but there's a crown above them, so presumably it dates from the time when they had a [foreign] king)


KJ Peterson statue and base


St John's Church front


Bridge running: running over the support arch is a ritual for students demonstrating bravery (IIRC). None of us cared to demonstrate ours.


More from the "Estonian jailbait dressed as toddlers having a foam party in the fountain in front of the Town Hall" series


More tankards


Products of Estonian industry


Me trapped by unstable cushions in the viewing area for the Estonian industrial production video


The kind of landscape we walked through on the way to find the Military Cemetery. Imagine occasional groups of young men walking around and you can imagine why it was a harrowing experience.


More Tallinn streets


Toompea, view from Toompea by night


Russian restaurant


Funky smoking room in club
blog comments powered by Disqus