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Tag Archives: Tallinn
How rich is Estonia?
You can tell that a country is abundantly rich and has a prospering economy when there are signs next to the toilet that tell you “Don’t throw money down the toilet”. (Seen and photographed at Tallinn Airport in Estonia.)
The Towers of Tallinn
As many churches and castles with beautiful towers you may build, one guy is going to dwarf them all by building a huge chimney.
“I ran Iraq for 24 years, and all I got was a port named after me?”
When I saw this in Tallinn, I wondered why on earth any city would name its harbour after Saddam Hussein. Especially so far away from Iraq. Until I realized that “sadam” is Estonian for “harbour”. (Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Fundstücks.)
The Happy Hermit 