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Baltics trip
Day 13 - 28th May - Tartu, Estonia (Part 2)
There is only one Cili Pica in Estonia, but they have branches in Romania, Russia and Bulgaria.
Next were the ruins of the University Dome Cathedral.
Kristjan Jaak Peterson, who walked from Tartu to Riga, and who was also an Estonian poet (the former is more impressive)
Villem Reiman. "[The monument] was destroyed in 1950 for political reasons". It was also restored for political reasons.
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One of 400 sacrificial stones in Estonia.
nw.t waiting to be sacrificed
Hill. The view from the viewing platform was just trees. Gah.
Karl Ernst von Baer
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Gustav II Adolf
Plaque to Wilhelm Ostwald, Winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
University Main Building
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Jaan Tonisson - "Legendary statesman" and Prime Minister, owner of the newspaper Postimees, imprisoned in 1940. The metal net behind him symbolises the media (presumably not the one he was in charge of).
St John's Church
It's unique in Northern Europe for >1,000 terracotta figurines.
Figurines
"European Route of Brick Gothic" map
The church was very sad, a barren shell, so I donated a bit to their fund.
Altar
I tested the acoustics and they were not bad. Probably because it was very bare.
Wth art
Houses of the Nobility
Stone barrels. They like carving stuff to block off roads (compare with the pigeons in Tallinn).
Ruins of the town walls. Overlooking a carpark. !@#$
"Tartu Statue of Liberty"
Johan Laidoner's Oak. It was planted in 1938 and the Soviets cut it down in 1940, but in 1942 it sprouted, "which continues the conception of the onetime planting" (presumably this means they consider it to be the same tree as in 1938).
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian Propagandist. He wrote "Kalevipoeg" ("Son of Kalev"), the Estonian national epic
Oskar Luts, Estonian author.
The description from the walking tour blurb is hilarious: "Popularly loved author whose works, such as 'Kevade' ('Spring'), 'Suvi' ('Summer'), 'Tootsi pulm' ('Toots' Wedding') and 'Kapsapaa' ('Cabbage Head') are still being read and re-imagined in theatre and cinema." - You have to respect someone who wrote a work titled "Cabbage Head".
Blurbs
Interesting-looking building
Kivisilla Art Gallery, in a leaning house. Hopefully it doesn't collapse and destroy the art inside.
Back in the town square, I saw one of the most disturbing sights I'd ever seen (and probably will see) in my life. Breast rash larvae is nothing next to:
Estonian jailbait dressed as toddlers having a foam party in the fountain in front of the Town Hall
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Video (on YouTube because blip.tv was screwing up again - gah)
Words cannot describe how wrong this is
This approaches "fetish wheelchair girls stuck in mud" (which I am committed to filming one day) in !@#$-ness