The battle of the chocolate continues. I’ve taste-tested Swedish Marabou and Finnish Karl Fazer. Now I’m trying Estonian chocolate. Estonian chocolate is called Kalev, which as far as I can tell, is named after a character in the Kalevala, which is a Finnish national epic. Estonia seems to be trying to stake a claim on it… More Estonian chocolate
I am emetophobic. Go and look it up, I really don’t want to say the words that I need to in order to tell you what it is. I’ve even provided a link. Done? Ok, let’s move on. I think you can see why this particular phobia is a problem for someone who travels. I’m… More How to cope with emetophobia on a plane
Before I went to Estonia, I think my impression of it was some kind of utopia with a bad history of being stolen. Now I’m back, I’m not entirely sure that’s inaccurate. I stayed in Tallinn Old Town and I had a lot of thoughts and learned a lot. From what I’ve read, Estonia has… More Tallinn Old Town
Last week I went to Estonia for what worked out to be little more than a long weekend – late-ish flight out on Thursday plus early flight home on Monday effectively shrank it from five days to three. And there are plenty of post coming on the subject of Estonia but the first, and most… More Estonia: my apartment in Tallinn