Headed West and Home

Estonia was our taste of Former Russia; the yin to balance the yan of our Russia experience. Tallinn itself is a tiny town - very beautiful in that medieval winding streets kind of way. It's main significance is that the front between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia oscillated across the Baltic states for half a decade, following which the Soviets left a 52 year stamp. The Museum of Occupation in Tallinn was a whole-day history lesson. Having just travelled through Russia and enjoyed it so much, it was confronting to face what the occupied countries lived through. Then again, the GULAG museum in Moscow could have been just as confronting, except modern day Russia is less willing to admit to the past than those countries it oppressed.

So from the Heart of Russia (Ekaterinburg) to Vibrant Russia (Moscow); Grand Russia (St Petersburg) to Former Russia (Tallinn), the trip is now complete. Georgie and Mike have headed to Helsinki to 'continue the dream' and I am back in Copenhagen. And from looking out the window, I brought the weather back with me. Brrrr.