tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post6663725110854444509..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: 'meerikasGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-32110354063248471742017-11-08T03:58:55.497+02:002017-11-08T03:58:55.497+02:00Get daily suggestions and guides for earning THOUS...Get daily suggestions and guides for earning <b>THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS per day</b> FROM HOME for FREE. <br /><b><a href="http://newsletter.syntaxlinks.com/r/1000DollarNewsletter" rel="nofollow">GET FREE ACCESS NOW</a></b>Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-75028318481258001062008-07-10T17:46:00.000+03:002008-07-10T17:46:00.000+03:00Doris ütles... ... which is why I said "looking fr...Doris ütles... <BR/>... which is why I said "looking from afar"<BR/><BR/>I am well aware that the closer you get to things, the harder it is to see the "big picture". In the details, you might find out that the big picture was not all that true after all. <BR/> ***************************<BR/>We were in Amsterdam last summer...my husband has been there several times,we both were so stuck by how much it "feels" like New York perhaps this is why NYC was once called New Amsterdam.<BR/>The street names and town names are the same...<BR/>We found it to be a great city...we walked for days..Martasmimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904404170845733669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-52022292078721121742008-07-09T17:11:00.000+03:002008-07-09T17:11:00.000+03:00well, the place I wanted to see most - New Orleans...well, the place I wanted to see most - New Orleans - has been destroyed. So now I want to see Rome and Athens and the Languedoc area in France and Hong Kong and the Peruvian mountains more than any other landmark I can think of that is located in USA...<BR/><BR/>I have several American friends, from all over and with different convictions. Which is why I am very aware how perceptions of a nation do not necessarily fit an individual of that nation. But there have to be lots upon lots of people with the stereotypical traits, otherwise those wouldn't be stereotypical, right? The Dutch for example dont wear orange all the time (that's just me) but hey do wear it massively on special occasions like EuroCup and Queen's Day. And there are short Dutch people but overall it's a very tall nation. And they don't ALL bike everywhere but there are tens, if not hundreds more bikes in the Netherlands than in any other country I can think about. and there are actually rather substantial mountains (the Ardennen) in the south of the country but the majority of it is still very flat and lots of it under sea level.Dorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942338677951019959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-89191763365281854492008-07-09T16:47:00.000+03:002008-07-09T16:47:00.000+03:00Doris ütles... As for having been to America, no. ...Doris ütles... <BR/>As for having been to America, no. and I don't think I will either although you never know :) And it really wouldn't matter if I had been because then I would just have my stereotypes altered a bit to accommodate New York, San Fransisco, Chicago or Malibu or wherever it was that I had stayed for the week or two. Which really REALLY doesn't give any idea of a country the size of USA. a bit like people who have only seen St. Petersburg and insist that life in Russia is all glitz and parties.<BR/>**********************************<BR/><BR/>You seem a bit hostile to the idea of a visit to the USA...<BR/>I guess our stereotypes have made you a bit uncomfortable about what you might find if you spent some time here.<BR/>I on the other hand know due to my travels that nice people exist <BR/>everywhere and so do the not nice.<BR/>I have seen the "Russian" stereotype living here ..<BR/>The pushy in your face types ..but then you must ask the question ...why are they here in the USA???<BR/>Perhaps it is because they were like this at home and they are exactly the type of person that would leave mother Russia and make a move here to "get ahead". <BR/>So it's the person not the people.<BR/>I am sure there is a pleasant woman gardening with her granddaughter in a small town outside of Moscow who is much like me..and not at all like the Russian sterotypes I have met here.<BR/>The more that people get to know one another the easier it will be for us to all get along. <BR/>As far as the pledge to the US flag .<BR/>I bet there are many uneducated people here who don't know it or don't remember it.<BR/>Sadly(now here is a stereotype) they are likely to be the ones who are the 1st to sign up for the military and consider themselves very patriotic.Martasmimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904404170845733669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-64500050893462911372008-07-09T14:31:00.000+03:002008-07-09T14:31:00.000+03:00... which is why I said "looking from afar"I am we...... which is why I said "looking from afar"<BR/><BR/>I am well aware that the closer you get to things, the harder it is to see the "big picture". In the details, you might find out that the big picture was not all that true after all. Like with Estonia or any other Eastern European country... they are always "ex-soviet, poor, forested and slavic (if not flat-out Russian)" which is true, of course, but it is not the whole truth.<BR/><BR/>It's just that USA is nowadays projecting such a distinct image that I am sometimes forced to wonder if there ARE people there who do not know the oath to the flag (oh what a communist conception in the minds of Estonians) by heart nor have never known it. And during the 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Halloween every year I feel all my preconcepted stereotypes for the US strenghthened. what do you think, is it better to be known by the stereotypes or not to be known at all?<BR/><BR/>As for having been to America, no. and I don't think I will either although you never know :) Andit really wouldn't matter if I had been because then I would just have my stereotypes altered a bit to accommodate New York, San Fransisco, Chicago or Malibu or wherever it was that I had stayed for the week or two. Which really REALLY doesn't give any idea of a country the size of USA. a bit like people who have only seen St. Petersburg and insist that life in Russia is all glitz and parties.Dorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942338677951019959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-73718264353973151172008-07-09T06:06:00.000+03:002008-07-09T06:06:00.000+03:00Frank ütles... Kallis Martasmini!Have you been to ...Frank ütles... <BR/>Kallis Martasmini!<BR/><BR/>Have you been to Estonia?<BR/><BR/>Did you enjoy extended stays in "Old Europe" as did your<BR/>beloved son?<BR/>--------------------------<BR/><BR/>Yes...several times and did you know that Tallinn was voted one of Europes ten new "hot" cities. <BR/>-------------------------<BR/>There may be a lot of minor melting pots in Europe, but it is not a melting pot in itself, and it does not aspire to be one - at least I hope so fervently.<BR/>-----------------------------------<BR/>It has been my experience that the<BR/>"Noah principal" applies just about everywhere... meaning that as deverse as we are or become people seem to cling together by interests, culture, financial status and yes race and religion.Martasmimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904404170845733669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-75665046384033008582008-07-08T23:25:00.000+03:002008-07-08T23:25:00.000+03:00Kallis Martasmini!Have you been to Estonia?Did you...Kallis Martasmini!<BR/><BR/>Have you been to Estonia?<BR/><BR/>Did you enjoy extended stays in "Old Europe" as did your beloved son?<BR/><BR/>There may be a lot of minor melting pots in Europe, but it is not a melting pot in itself, and it does not aspire to be one - at least I hope so fervently.<BR/><BR/>"Lovely Lady Liberty<BR/>With her book of recipes<BR/>And the finest one she's got<BR/>Is the great American melting pot<BR/>The great American melting pot.<BR/>What good ingredients,<BR/>Liberty and immigrants."<BR/><BR/>Encyclopedic Ema Europa<BR/>With her kosmoses of kitchens<BR/>Never will tell<BR/>Which might be finest<BR/>Savouring each in its own way<BR/>Delighting in Diversity<BR/><BR/>Don´t get me wrong,<BR/>America is great in many ways,<BR/>but I guess the need for assimilation and common standards from coast to coast are much more at home there then they will ever be in Europe.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11570222255588113253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-292970017076387942008-07-08T21:51:00.000+03:002008-07-08T21:51:00.000+03:00Doris ütles... Looking from afar, America seems li...Doris ütles... <BR/><BR/>Looking from afar, America seems like one big duality (or, to put it nastily, hypocricy) There's Republicans and Democrats, East Coast and West Coast, Rednecks and Yankees, Whites and everyone else, overweight people and Hollywood,<BR/>*********************************<BR/>Have you ever been to the USA?<BR/>We are not all fat, most don't live in Hollywood... nor do they desire to do so.<BR/>We are a big country, for example the county that I live in, in New York's Long Island, has more people then in all of Estonia.<BR/>The more people the more <BR/>more diversity, the more issues people have just co existing.<BR/>We are just ahead of the the rest of the world.<BR/>We became this melting pot of cultures because people came here.<BR/>Little by little Europe will become the same as others move there...<BR/>At some point in time even Estonia won't be 98% blue eyed.Martasmimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904404170845733669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-32855507586448605362008-07-08T11:18:00.000+03:002008-07-08T11:18:00.000+03:00Sorry, wrong thread, deleted my previous comment.....Sorry, wrong thread, deleted my previous comment...stockholm slenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-72247605492461878882008-07-08T11:16:00.000+03:002008-07-08T11:16:00.000+03:00Autor on selle kommentaari eemaldanud.stockholm slenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-81279150187124882432008-07-07T21:32:00.000+03:002008-07-07T21:32:00.000+03:00Yeah, America. What can you say? Imagine NY Time...Yeah, America. What can you say? Imagine NY Times published something like this: http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/434543<BR/><BR/>Yet in Estonia it can be done. In the mainstream newspaper. Kinda makes me think that Estonia is not as much as a country as it is alternative life-style. <BR/><BR/>I love it. In my own perverse way. After all, I am an Estonian too. Or was, maybe.LPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397977705898254598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-73353942372042795942008-07-07T11:09:00.000+03:002008-07-07T11:09:00.000+03:00or, having figured out that he can get it cheaper ...or, having figured out that he can get it cheaper from EBay (or Amazon or wherever) forgets to buy a current-converter for it and has it blow up when connected to the Euro power system. I kid you not, this happened. Not to me though, luckily :)<BR/><BR/>Looking from afar, America seems like one big duality (or, to put it nastily, hypocricy) There's Republicans and Democrats, East Coast and West Coast, Rednecks and Yankees, Whites and everyone else, overweight people and Hollywood, Good Christian intolerance for, er, everything and gay freedoms for all... all in all one big indians and cowboys game, no? So many black-white perceptions that all in all it looks like one gray caleidoscope. Or am I wrong here?Dorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942338677951019959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-25994727568833399902008-07-07T10:29:00.000+03:002008-07-07T10:29:00.000+03:00dresolve, no place is perfect. in order to use tha...dresolve, no place is perfect. in order to use that magnificent and cheap connection your cousin has to shell out 1/3 more money for the computer.Wahurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861003012357572291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-23165482658612388132008-07-07T09:29:00.000+03:002008-07-07T09:29:00.000+03:00You've touched on something with which many of us ...You've touched on something with which many of us with ties to more than one country often struggle. <BR/><BR/>I've always known that America is great, and that a large part of New York City's appeal comes from its diversity. <BR/><BR/>But I want to know, if the US is such a great country, then why can't we pay for parking with our phones? Why does my cousin in Tallinn have internet access that's over 4 times the speed, at a quarter of the price? <BR/><BR/>Some may consider these questions to be trivial, but I think that they're just a couple of goals to which a "cool" city and country should aspire.drEsolvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03995427419452937365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-43248970805798235012008-07-07T09:27:00.000+03:002008-07-07T09:27:00.000+03:00You've touched on something with which many of us ...You've touched on something with which many of us with ties to more than one country often struggle. <BR/><BR/>I've always known that America is great, and that a large part of New York City's appeal comes from its diversity. <BR/><BR/>But I want to know, if the US is such a great country, then why can't we pay for parking with our phones? Why does my cousin in Tallinn have internet access that's over 4 times the speed, at a quarter of the price? <BR/><BR/>Some may consider these questions to be trivial, but I think that they're just a couple of goals to which a "cool" city and country should aspire.drEsolvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03995427419452937365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-48963007361594818382008-07-06T22:12:00.000+03:002008-07-06T22:12:00.000+03:00Your headline caused a an association. On the nort...Your headline caused a an association. On the northwestern coast, near Vihterpalu there is a small village called Meerika. I spent my childhood summers nearby and once asked why such strange name. Comes out a fellow lived there who had been in Ameerika for a while.Wahurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861003012357572291noreply@blogger.com