tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post4643255812495538088..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: A big little countryGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-58064571681047287392007-05-10T10:33:00.000+03:002007-05-10T10:33:00.000+03:00yep, that is called "integration"yep, that is called "integration"plasma-jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485039580759398780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-55831384763324969402007-05-10T07:14:00.000+03:002007-05-10T07:14:00.000+03:00Justin, you're going to leave this country one day...Justin, you're going to leave this country one day a raging alcoholic, if you continue to write great things about it in eloquent prose... Careful, this may prove to be a very costly habit on this side of the Atlantic and by then you'll have a herd of daughters to raise! :Pmutukashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843169399057112207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-22217397566062241872007-05-08T11:58:00.000+03:002007-05-08T11:58:00.000+03:00no muidugi.Justin, su Tallinna lugejad on sulle al...no muidugi.<BR/>Justin, su Tallinna lugejad on sulle alati valmis liitrite kaupa õlut välja tegema, kui sa iganes selleks riskiks valmis oledplasma-jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485039580759398780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-34277656738805663602007-05-08T09:36:00.000+03:002007-05-08T09:36:00.000+03:00Autor on selle kommentaari eemaldanud.Rein Kuresoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465030993371711197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-8771947363109295682007-05-08T09:22:00.000+03:002007-05-08T09:22:00.000+03:00Autor on selle kommentaari eemaldanud.Rein Kuresoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465030993371711197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-7986745429508273472007-05-08T09:07:00.000+03:002007-05-08T09:07:00.000+03:00As power tends to corruption, so hate tends to vio...<I>As power tends to corruption, so hate tends to violence.</I><BR/><BR/>perhaps then russia needs to work on being less corrupt. then it might be possible for ordinary russians to hate their politicians safely, along with the rest of us.klxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02756387772020517484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-51023242053089589802007-05-08T07:38:00.000+03:002007-05-08T07:38:00.000+03:00Giustino saidIf Russians learn to hate their own p...Giustino said<BR/><I>If Russians learn to hate their own politicians, they'll have less time for being mad at Estonians for existing.</I><BR/><BR/>I agree with your sentiments for change in Russia but I wish you had used a different espression. As power tends to corruption, so <B>hate</B> tends to violence.Happenstancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357774820737138403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-74123980448560690862007-05-07T21:04:00.000+03:002007-05-07T21:04:00.000+03:00Your blog is hilarious:"But look at my arms," he e...Your <A HREF="http://gardistan.blogspot.com/2007/04/red-army-blues.html" REL="nofollow">blog</A> is hilarious:<BR/><BR/><B>"But look at my arms," he exclaimed. "Stupid windows in the shops put up by Estonian nationalists ripped up my arms!"</B>Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-4963381776123754152007-05-07T20:41:00.000+03:002007-05-07T20:41:00.000+03:00All things considered, Delaware is also pretty big...All things considered, Delaware is also pretty big for being so small.Painting waves in cloudshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722146139715632827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-42478867205484169742007-05-07T18:13:00.000+03:002007-05-07T18:13:00.000+03:00HelloGreat blog! I am an Estonian myself but i hav...Hello<BR/><BR/>Great blog! I am an Estonian myself but i have lived the last 18 years in the Netherlands. Planning to move back to Estonia in the not too distant future though.McMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864600804688440880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-67219700551184399422007-05-07T17:14:00.000+03:002007-05-07T17:14:00.000+03:00Thanks for the great photo - I get this warm feeli...Thanks for the great photo - I get this warm feeling inside every time I see a photo of my hometown. <BR/><BR/>Having said that, I wish you had been to Rakvere before, so you would know how fast it has changed over the past years. It wasn't long time ago when the same, so called, central "teacup" square was a simple market place with the ground made out of cobblestones. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I hope you liked Rakvere and will visit it every once in a while.BBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705384220477624679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-26785360395477903812007-05-07T16:22:00.000+03:002007-05-07T16:22:00.000+03:00I'm just surprised it took that long for authoriti...I'm just surprised it took that long for authorities to take that decision.Happenstancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357774820737138403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-62574136975065605502007-05-07T16:17:00.000+03:002007-05-07T16:17:00.000+03:00If you go to the Piusa caves remeber to take a tor...<I>If you go to the Piusa caves remeber to take a torch such Scully and Mulder use.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm afraid going there is not a good idea anymore as it's dangerous and it was forbidden to go there already last year. <BR/><BR/>http://www.postimees.ee/070507/esileht/siseuudised/259138.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-59510383436246750552007-05-07T15:18:00.000+03:002007-05-07T15:18:00.000+03:00Surely Estonians should applaud such glimmers of h...<I>Surely Estonians should applaud such glimmers of hope inside Russia.</I> <BR/><BR/>I personally think the Wall Street Journal has been trying to build Kasparov into something he's not -- a dissident with widespread support in Russia.<BR/><BR/>I generally leave the Russia blogging to real Russia bloggers. But I of course want to see pluralism revived in Russia because it will take the heat off of Estonia.<BR/><BR/>If Russians learn to hate their own politicians, they'll have less time for being mad at Estonians for existing.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-66314815802349298752007-05-07T15:17:00.000+03:002007-05-07T15:17:00.000+03:00Great article, just what's needed after a stressfu...Great article, just what's needed after a stressful week....martintghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16840407742014556024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-91081261271456465612007-05-07T15:14:00.000+03:002007-05-07T15:14:00.000+03:00If you go to the Piusa caves remeber to take a tor...If you go to the Piusa caves remeber to take a torch such Scully and Mulder use.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I've been reading your archives back to March and am reminded of Alistair Cooke's Letters from America.<BR/><BR/>Loved your comments in March about learning Estonian and shared your frustration at similar words. Your experience about 'ninakäterätikud' or 'nose hand towels' brought to mind a story often told in Australia and New Zealand about a man who had a sore throat. He consulted the dictionary and found a translation for the word kurk. He wondered why the Doctor looked at him strangely when he said "I have a sore cucumber"!<BR/><BR/>Without reading all the comments I couldn't find any mention by you of'Other Russia' demonstrations involving Kasparov. They are evidence that there are some Russians courageous enough to openly declare they want some freedoms such as speech and association? Surely Estonians should applaud such glimmers of hope inside Russia.Happenstancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357774820737138403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1896081878666705782007-05-07T15:00:00.000+03:002007-05-07T15:00:00.000+03:00Good plan. I´ve never been to Toila also and Ida-V...Good plan. I´ve never been to Toila also and Ida-Viru is practically strange land to me as to majority from west-estonia I guess. Back in 1988 explored it thoroughly when attended Estonian green-movement bike-tour "Kuhu lähed virumaa", this is also the only time I´ve been to Narva..And in the second half of 90´s spent couple of summers in Rannapungerja- Kauksi camping with boyfriend and frends, well that was something and should deffenately do again, meanwhile have been too busy with raising children.But they ´re luckily 5 and 3y old by now and should manage to sleep in tent too :)<BR/>Love your blog btw, found it very recently.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935901565998236413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-34007073378277594002007-05-07T14:58:00.000+03:002007-05-07T14:58:00.000+03:00the tension of living in a town*cough* Tartu? Wtf?...<I>the tension of living in a town</I><BR/><BR/>*cough* Tartu? Wtf? :Pantyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567309109757565293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-13966822729340463892007-05-07T14:22:00.000+03:002007-05-07T14:22:00.000+03:00I've been to Pärnu and I am sure we will be explor...I've been to Pärnu and I am sure we will be exploring Pärnumaa prett soon. Next on my list though is Ida Virumaa. I want to go to Toila.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-42596384473573637222007-05-07T14:17:00.000+03:002007-05-07T14:17:00.000+03:00What about Pärnu, ever been to Pärnu yet? I love i...What about Pärnu, ever been to Pärnu yet? I love it but I´m of course nostalgic also as it´s my hometown though now I´ve lived in tallinn for more than 10 years.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935901565998236413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-82370988130741976282007-05-07T13:37:00.000+03:002007-05-07T13:37:00.000+03:00I'm glad you finally made it to Rakvere ;)I'm glad you finally made it to Rakvere ;)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076822279861048442noreply@blogger.com