T Minus 129
As part of an aim to blog earlier travels before leaving for Tanzania, the Estonia Page is now live with content.
Follow the link to see much more detail and more pictures. 😀 Continue reading
T Minus 129
As part of an aim to blog earlier travels before leaving for Tanzania, the Estonia Page is now live with content.
Follow the link to see much more detail and more pictures. 😀 Continue reading
Posted in travel
Tagged Baltic, Clazz, Estonia, Fat Margaret, Hansiatic League, Heritage, Raekoja plats, St Olaf's, Talinn, Toompea, UNESCO
This monument in Freedom Square, Talinn was conceived in 1919, during the war of independence from Russia. However, due to later annexation byNazi Germany and then the Soviet Union was not able to be built until 2009.
Given the current situation in nearby Ukraine involving Russia again! This seems an apt monument to share. We took this on our trip to Estonia in 2011
Posted in blogging, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged annexation, Estonia, Freedom, Freedom Square, Independence, Monument, photo, postaday, Russia, Soviet Union, Square, Ukraine, USSR, weekly, weekly photo challenge
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