Friday, July 10, 2009

I feel like I'm in a fairy tale

placeholder for saaremaa (on the other computer - we didn't have internet access last night)


got up really early and Sass and Mari took us to the airport
croissant breakfast (last day of breakfast bffet yesterday)
set up lockrs and I checed in on the machine saving bunch of time.
Plane – rainy – we arrived in Kurresaare
took a takso to Metra car rental and then the madness really began
Piret and Suur Toll
castle – maze of stairways – felt like we were in final fantasy(reminded me of a fairy tale – look up song fom norwegian guy – winner of eurovision)
cool christian art and other art of watercolrs of saaremaa
better than the occupation museum history of Saaremaa in WWII
walked around the ramparts
rain rain rain wind wind wind – looked at the moats
grocery shopped
turg – kasi too saaremaa tilke dishes
kaali – meteorite crater – biggr tan you'd think
Varjala kirik – met Toivo who played the organ for s – church built in 1227 - “oldest” in estonia (cool rahva riided for sale in the store across the street) – bought glass cornflower
decided to add in muhu beecase we were getting around faster – went to Koguva saw juhan shmuul's family farm and writing area.
Walked around the farms
went to textile house – artifacts from estonian writers and upstairs had a display about muhu rahvariided.
Peaceful, pretty gardens, thatched roofs, cool old buildings, lots of old boats on display, stone wall with moss
angla to see the windmills – one is being repaired – we kiiked some more
Kaarja kirik – also claims to be the oldest – very similar inside except it is in better condition and it has pagan symbols on the ceiling
Panga pank
Tehumardi – soviet graves (picture of day after battle)
Sorve peninsula – walked the entire spit of land, even evading the waves at the end
drove around tring to find the soviet artillery remnants – but the roads were too bad
headed back – dinner at Veski Trahter – salmon cooked in a crockpot with cheese and creem with vegetable and mashed potatoes
msroom soup and raspberry pancaes and cerry juice
got settled in our cute little hotel room

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