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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Tallinn
From: leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 16:49:31 -0700
References: <4F4B440B-FC5A-4B7E-8E34-26961994FBD6@frozenlight.eu>

I love living vicariously through your travels and meals.? You show some 
amazing places and show it well.? What is the significance of the red 
straps/ribbons in your anti-Russian posters photos?

I taught a few years with a lady who was from Estonia.? She had some 
stories.

Aram

On 6/8/2024 11:26:52, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> At the end of May, I visited Estonia?s capital Tallinn for the first time. 
> I was a work trip, but I had enough time to explore the city. Estonia is a 
> small country but it has a rich history, and a connection to my country 
> Denmark?our flag, Dannebrog, supposedly fell from heaven in 1219 during a 
> battle just outside Tallinn. More recently, Estonia has suffered in the 
> 20th century, having to fight for independence from Russia after World War 
> I, then being occupied by the Russians for four decades after World War 
> II. But today it is a modern, prosperous country, member of the EU and 
> NATO, one of the world?s most advanced digital economies. At the same 
> time, the medieval centre of Tallinn is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 
> providing for a wonderful blend of old and new. As usual, I also visited a 
> contemporary art museum, conveniently located close to my hotel. A rather 
> large gallery from a wonderful  place is here:
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> https://www.greatpix.eu/Travel/Tallinn-May-2024
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> And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
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> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
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-- 
Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
  
?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself 
would ever have dared dream.?
    James D. Watson



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