Welcome to Tallinn ! We are just getting used to our new life here. First of all, we are no longer volunteers, but we are so full of projects that it seems we are doing another EVS. Remember, we even had a on-arrival training ! Since then, we have been hanging around, with volunteers, some that we knew already before, and were happy to see again, others that have just come to Estonia and with whom we are glad to show different aspects about living here.
We have a good group of friends : Cecile from France, Luis from Spain… sorry Basque country, Zsofia from Hungary, Julia from Germany, Oleksi from Ukrain, the list is long and if I forget someone they might be offended. Let me just tell you about Thomas, our “ambassadeur de l’amour” who came to visit recently and reminded us how nice it was in the good old days when we were volunteers. Only four months ago, but I guess we have to get used to it, we are now “ex”volunteers, the old, the wise, though for us it feels almost the same. Almost is the word, for we miss our fields and the tranquility of the countryside. Like real estonians living in Tallinn, we crave for an escape out of town and all the excuses are good, a rehearsal for choir, church on sunday, to see our friends from Jõelähtme. For those who have followed our blog for some time and have a good memory, we even saw Leelo, the lady who had a cow. She is much better now (not the cow, may it rest in peace) and she was so happy to see us again that we left her with two kilos of potatoes.
We have found a place for traditional dances, a few streets away from us, and some of the musicians are the same as the ones we had in our village. Even in cities, you can find traditions alive, one just needs to look a little.
The video below is a show given in the old town, a nice little concert we enjoyed listening to. Hope you will too !
