By João Lopes Marques (Eesti keel)
Distracted by some life bureaucracies and unnecessary concerns, I forgot to signal properly my first thousand days in Estonia. Doubtlessly, it is a beautiful and round number. Considering all the natural ups and downs, it has been quite exciting: when I debarked in Tallinn with a heavy suitcase on 11th June 2006 I had plans to stay for not longer than one year.
For some reason, time went by faster than my sweet inertia. Hereby some assorted impressions I have gathered since then. Since an article in Eesti Ekspress every two weeks is not enough to share all reflections, I've decided to select nearly one topic per month I have lived in this homy country:
1) Local girls' favourite name is "Laura";
2) Cakes are too creamy;
3) Solarium is as important as sauna;
4) Egypt is even more important than solarium;
5) One hears the name Narva usually related to a joke;
6) Locals love to quote a specific passage of Ernest Hemingway in his book To Have an…
Distracted by some life bureaucracies and unnecessary concerns, I forgot to signal properly my first thousand days in Estonia. Doubtlessly, it is a beautiful and round number. Considering all the natural ups and downs, it has been quite exciting: when I debarked in Tallinn with a heavy suitcase on 11th June 2006 I had plans to stay for not longer than one year.
For some reason, time went by faster than my sweet inertia. Hereby some assorted impressions I have gathered since then. Since an article in Eesti Ekspress every two weeks is not enough to share all reflections, I've decided to select nearly one topic per month I have lived in this homy country:
1) Local girls' favourite name is "Laura";
2) Cakes are too creamy;
3) Solarium is as important as sauna;
4) Egypt is even more important than solarium;
5) One hears the name Narva usually related to a joke;
6) Locals love to quote a specific passage of Ernest Hemingway in his book To Have an…