Phespirit goes to Estonia
Tallinn     February 2003

A SIGN IN THE PARK

Estonians are surely the most considerate drivers in Europe. In Tallinn, they pull up to let pedestrians cross the road, irrespective of whether it is a proper crossing point.

In Kadriorg Park they are alert for squirrels.

A SIGN IN THE PICTURE

As seen in the Art Museum of Estonia:

JOHN SMITH
KAIDO OLE (1963) JA MARKO MÄETAMM (1965)
Holocaust
Öli, löuend (2001)

A SIGN IN THE PAVING

In the seventeenth century, a priest named Panicke complained that the omelette he'd ordered in a Tallinn inn was as 'hard as the sole of a shoe' - he sent it back.

After receiving another two such omelettes he killed the waitress with an axe.

He was beheaded here in the town square.