Last Tuesday saw me leave Tallinn with heavy bags and a heavy head-cold. And yes, maybe a slightly heavy heart. It is not a city I expected to fall inlove with. It's not a city I even expected to like after my first month there. But now I have a strong fondness the country and am already planning my return trips.
Here are a couple of photos from Breakaway, a contemporary dance piece composed and preformed by two French girls I met, Fleurette Séguret and Mathilde Roch-Penet. Their performance was on one of my last days in Tallinn.
Erasmus
Twenty-Four Days in Tallinn /
It's been twenty-four days since I arrived in Tallinn (and 10minutes actually if we want to be exact), and I am unsure where to begin.
In this time I have joined Instagram (just for fun), I've lost my bank card (not so fun). I am in the process of joining Swedbank, and I managed to only fall on my ass once. I have learnt two words of Estonian (hello and thank you), but have had a full conversation with an old lady who thought I was someone else.
I have not gotten lost.
I think people need to appreciate how big an achievement that is. On a slightly related topic, I have become an expert at Google Maps. I've fallen in love with both Old Town's towering churches, and the industrial forced beauty the rest of the city projects. I've seen ice sculptures and large format linocuts. I have not attended a "photography" class yet. I am eating a lot of chocolate, but I'm blaming the long nights for that. There is strong coffee! I get to shoot as much film as I want as it cost €4.80 to have a roll processed, scanned and emailed to me. I have visited the old Palace and seen the most amazing ball room. And I have learnt it is really hard to photograph falling snow.
Now that I've tried to type some words, here are the photos.
