Comments on: Estonia Week on 501 Places No.4: A proper look at Tallinn http://www.501places.com/2009/09/estonia-week-on-501-places-no-4-a-proper-look-at-tallinn/ Sharing the world with you Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andy Jarosz http://www.501places.com/2009/09/estonia-week-on-501-places-no-4-a-proper-look-at-tallinn/#comment-107 Andy Jarosz Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:29:15 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=126#comment-107 Thanks for stopping by and commenting Jim. Yes, the Finns felt very nervous of their big eastern neighbour and so it was not considered safe for escapees. <br />Estonia now feels so vibrant and confident that it's hard to imagine the restrictive world in which its people lived for so long. Thanks for stopping by and commenting Jim. Yes, the Finns felt very nervous of their big eastern neighbour and so it was not considered safe for escapees.
Estonia now feels so vibrant and confident that it's hard to imagine the restrictive world in which its people lived for so long.

]]> By: Jim http://www.501places.com/2009/09/estonia-week-on-501-places-no-4-a-proper-look-at-tallinn/#comment-106 Jim Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:18:54 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=126#comment-106 Regarding the 1980 Olympics and the sailing competition in Estonia - the Estonian diet was very much seafood based, until the Soviets. The Soviets didn't want Estonians to have boats, because they could use them to escape to the west. So the fishing industry was shut down, and nobody could have a boat. Then, in 1980, they had the Olympic sailing competition in a place where nobody could have a boat.<br /><br />Note that if someone escaped via boat they had to go all the way to Sweden. Finland would return any escapees. Sweden has no border with Russia and felt safer. Regarding the 1980 Olympics and the sailing competition in Estonia – the Estonian diet was very much seafood based, until the Soviets. The Soviets didn't want Estonians to have boats, because they could use them to escape to the west. So the fishing industry was shut down, and nobody could have a boat. Then, in 1980, they had the Olympic sailing competition in a place where nobody could have a boat.

Note that if someone escaped via boat they had to go all the way to Sweden. Finland would return any escapees. Sweden has no border with Russia and felt safer.

]]> By: Andy Jarosz http://www.501places.com/2009/09/estonia-week-on-501-places-no-4-a-proper-look-at-tallinn/#comment-104 Andy Jarosz Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:36:27 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=126#comment-104 Thanks Smita! I didn't get a waitress picture sadly, but will upload a picture of Olde Hansa that includes some of the staff when I get home. Thanks Smita! I didn't get a waitress picture sadly, but will upload a picture of Olde Hansa that includes some of the staff when I get home.

]]> By: Smita http://www.501places.com/2009/09/estonia-week-on-501-places-no-4-a-proper-look-at-tallinn/#comment-103 Smita Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:01:33 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=126#comment-103 Hey Andy,Olde Hansa sounds really interesting and Estonia sounds very inviting. Do click a picture of the waitresses in olde worlde costumes if they do not mind :) Hey Andy,Olde Hansa sounds really interesting and Estonia sounds very inviting. Do click a picture of the waitresses in olde worlde costumes if they do not mind :)

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