tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post5535491074742340122..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: suusakultuurGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-14254917041478648812008-02-04T03:09:00.000+02:002008-02-04T03:09:00.000+02:00it´s compulsory in Austria, too.it´s compulsory in Austria, too.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11570222255588113253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-44944203411084749702008-02-02T22:12:00.000+02:002008-02-02T22:12:00.000+02:00I remember the skiing lessons. very unpleasant. es...I remember the skiing lessons. very unpleasant. especially since the skiing class was not held as our regular physical education class but from our after or before school time at TPI (now TTÜ) spordihoone. and I remember one winter when there wasn't much snow but there was plenty of ice and water around TPI stadium where we had to ski laps to get our credit. no wonder boys gym teacher got the black eye every spring from the boys of graduating class.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02922186321423595994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-22146996976530982862008-02-01T13:03:00.000+02:002008-02-01T13:03:00.000+02:00Can not be. Marathon was cancelled in 2004 and it ...<I>Can not be. Marathon was cancelled in 2004 and it was doubtful last year - there was no snow until early Feburar I think.</I><BR/><BR/>I remember when the marathon was canceled. But I also remember that there was snow on the ground through most of that winter, though it was milder than 2002-2003.<BR/><BR/>Last year we moved here on February 1, and it was "polar" up until around March 20th. It snowed the last time on May 2nd. This year's first snow came on Nov. 2. I have photos!!!!Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-7597952764634691242008-02-01T12:16:00.000+02:002008-02-01T12:16:00.000+02:00Every winter I have spent here, save this one, has...<I>Every winter I have spent here, save this one, has been polar. It's been freezing and the ground has been continuously covered with thick dark ice and fresh snow well into March.</I><BR/><BR/>Can not be. Marathon was cancelled in 2004 and it was doubtful last year - there was no snow until early Feburar I think. <BR/><BR/>But it is snowing right now :)Bäckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421369538698912442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-34242340363989687852008-02-01T11:52:00.000+02:002008-02-01T11:52:00.000+02:00Compulsory skiing is fine by me, but the problem t...Compulsory skiing is fine by me, but the problem these days is, that the equipment is expensive. Long gone are the days when everyone had the same kind of VISU's and if my child should be made fun of because of "uncool" equipment, It's better to stick in the school gym.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-64786906271333680802008-01-31T22:14:00.000+02:002008-01-31T22:14:00.000+02:00I didn't enjoy skiing all that much. I wasn't very...I didn't enjoy skiing all that much. I wasn't very good at it so I always had to spend more time in the forest than the faster kids because we usually had to do a certain number of laps. It seemed like a punishment. In high school our PE teacher was a little more understanding and only gave a period of time everybody had to ski. So I wasn't too much against skiing in high school but I'm still not a fan.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076822279861048442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-70301795683301499642008-01-31T17:51:00.000+02:002008-01-31T17:51:00.000+02:00Skiing in school was fun. Now, while living here i...Skiing in school was fun. Now, while living here in UK, I so totally miss it. Well, I miss winter in general - in this land of eternal Autumn.Hanskenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736200051140080540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-81749437224401311822008-01-31T15:27:00.000+02:002008-01-31T15:27:00.000+02:00I hear you on the rental vs buy issue. Granted, th...I hear you on the rental vs buy issue. <BR/><BR/>Granted, this is in warmer Tallinn, but I don't remember ANY winters lately that have not had depressing periods of thaw.<BR/><BR/>More and more, there's a week of early snow (September in 2003!), then winter comes late . And ends early -- it hasn't really snowed appreciably after March 21 in any of those years.<BR/><BR/> I remember a couple flakes of snow at the Viljandi lake run in 1997, which I thought was cool, and that's the last May Estonia snow I remember. .Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-10300971263532878932008-01-31T15:14:00.000+02:002008-01-31T15:14:00.000+02:00Ah, ok. I will correct it.Ah, ok. I will correct it.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-56918037547360050392008-01-31T15:07:00.000+02:002008-01-31T15:07:00.000+02:00Justin, you misunderstood... Our busride to school...Justin, you misunderstood... Our busride to school was 10-15 minutes. But the "physical education" class aka skiing was 45 minutes. Too short... and often we had no time to shower and had to run back to other classes, sweating, after the hard skiing...<BR/>Yes, it really killed the joy.Eppppphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15198668905167508640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-43857506627087376232008-01-31T14:27:00.000+02:002008-01-31T14:27:00.000+02:00The possibility to go cross country skiing was pro...The possibility to go cross country skiing was probably the only thing that made me wake up without the help of an alarm-clock, at the sunrise of weekend days in the winter, when I was growing up in Saaremaa.<BR/><BR/>But competing against other kids while circling around the 250m school stadium really killed the fun.E:rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378801742960885212noreply@blogger.com