Ferrying to Tallinn, and then exploring
9/8-13/24from Doug: Crossing the Baltic Sea by ferry we arrive in Tallinn, Estonia. Estonians celebrate unshackling from USSR occupation by seeking to practice freedom. Much work involved in refashioning their
Tag: 2024 traveling
On the Road Again (from Doug)
I was meeting a new colleague at a conference this past July and mentioned that Ellie and I had this Baltic trip planned for fall. “A trip of a lifetime?”,
Helsinki: mellow and happy, for us strange (updated)
9/3-8/24 Helsinki was not so exciting, actually.Super super clean, organized, and well-designed at every level. And yet….We never found a spark.Its streets are clean and there are lovely parks every
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Sami lands – part 2 updated
First of all, our “cabin”was one in a seriesof very modern dropped-inunits, as you can see. And yet, a lot like Mongolia, once we stepped away from the mega-recent, please-the-tourist
Sami lands– Finnish Lapland part 1 (updated)
We flew and flew: Seattle to Reykjavik, transferred, flew on to Helsinki. Got a room in the aptly-named CityBox hotel. Got up and flew to Rovaniemi (FInland), and got on
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