
This is one of the three postcards I received from a country called, Estonia.

Estonia Listeni/?s?to?ni?/ (Estonian: Eesti), officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation (338.6 km).[8] Across the Baltic Sea lies Sweden in the west and Finland in the north. The territory of Estonia covers 45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi), and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. The Estonians are a Finnic people, and the official language Estonian, is closely related to Finnish.
Estonia is a democratic parliamentary republic divided into 15 counties. The capital and largest city is Tallinn. With a population of 1.34 million, it is one of the least-populous members of the European Union, Eurozone and NATO. Estonia has the highest GDP per person among former Soviet republics.[9] Estonia is listed as a “High-Income Economy” by the World Bank, as an “advanced economy” by the International Monetary Fund and the country is an OECD member. The United Nations lists Estonia as a developed country with a Human Development Index of “Very High”.[5] The country is also ranked highly for press freedom, economic freedom, democracy and political freedom and education.(Source:Wikipedia:Estonia)

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February 15th, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Thanks for the great post on Estonia. Do you know the wonderful film, The Singing Revolution –www.singingrevolution.com/
I have known only one Estonian in my life, but live in a neighborhood with many of Estonia’s neighbors, the Latvians.
HelenMac
ABC Wednesday Team
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February 15th, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Interesting place!
Great post Willa!
Regards.
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February 15th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
I recall that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania broke from the Soviet Union first, which is fascinating to me.
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
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February 15th, 2012 at 10:39 PM
One certainly doesn’t hear much about Estonia. Maybe that’s why its so foreign to me.
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February 16th, 2012 at 5:16 PM
What a fascinating post…I’ve always wanted to do a cruise in the Baltics.
Leslie
abcw team
February 19th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
hi, i am not so content with the comment i left on your camera critters post…would be so kind enough to delete it?
thanks in advance.
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