Pictures from the Estonian islands
J. Anderson
set with my pics from the Estonian islands of Vormsi, Hiiumaa, Saaremaa and
Muhu. Hope you like them.
This is the location: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ostsee/
Regards,
John
EZ
Excellent photos, John. I liked the one with the beer 'comercial' ;-)
In your experience - do the islands (e.g. Saaremaa) become crowded in
summer?
Thanks,
EZ
Peteris Cedrinš (Peteris Cedrins)
These are truly marvelous, John! I especially like
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=388075999&size=o -- I'll have
to let Black Monk know that the abominable middle class has produced a
new Caspar David Friedrich...
I've only been to Hiiumaa and only long ago (1992), but I still recall
it fondly... we dreank beer with a secret policeman (a not very secret
secret policeman) and a literary type from Tallinn who'd been born on
the island and remembered the last wolf and the first bicycle theft
(not being a Russophobe, I won't say...). One of the most amusing
things was a Soviet border station, still staffed back then. All
around it, Estonians were fixing up their houses. In the middle, this
total _bardak_, the fence around it full of holes. Rather than go
through a nearby hole, a gloomy soldier stood there endlessly ringing
the bell at the gate.
Regards,
/P
J. Anderson
"EZ" <zvi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Glad you liked the pics, Evaldai. One of these days I'll get to the ones I
took in Lithuania...
No, I haven't experienced any crowds on the islands. But bear in mind that
the ferry capacity is not unlimited. Especially for the weekends you should
book a passage for your car, if you don't want to wait in the harbour for
the next free space.
Regards,
John
J. Anderson
"Peteris Cedrins (Peteris Cedrins)" <ced...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> These are truly marvelous, John! I especially like
> http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=388075999&size=o -- I'll have
> to let Black Monk know that the abominable middle class has produced a
> new Caspar David Friedrich...
Liels paldies, Peeteri. That picture is nothing compared to the landscape
(or rather seascape) itself. It was a scenery that moistened your eyes and
put a lump in your throat.
Terveisin,
John
martin
Nice photos John, you have a good eye. I never realised there were so
many interesting sights on these islands.
Thanks!
Martin
Henry Alminas
"J. Anderson" <ander...@inbox.lv> wrote in message
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Nice pics - John
Best - - Henry
anita
northern tree has such vivid red flowers?! It looks nearly tropical!
Anita
J. Anderson
"Henry Alminas" <halm...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Thanks, Henry. Wait till I get to Lithuania... In general it's the comments
that take time, not the uploading.
Regards,
John
J. Anderson
"anita" <kod...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking at the picture entitled "Hari kurk" -
> what sort of a northern tree has such vivid red
> flowers?! It looks nearly tropical!
If the resolution would be higher, I'm sure you would recognize this tree,
Anita. It's our dear old piilaadzis (LV) / pihlakas (EE) / pihlaja (FI) /
sermuksnis (LT). In other words, the rowan. So the 'flowers' are actually
rowan-berries. There were lots of them in August 2004, and they were big,
which, according to our folklore, is supposed to predict a snowy winter. But
that folklore was born before the age of global warming...
Regards,
John
vello
> "Henry Alminas" <halmi...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> > "J. Anderson" <anderso...@inbox.lv> wrote in message
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> >> Thanks for your comments on the Helsinki-Klaipeda set. I have now
> >> uploaded a set with my pics from the Estonian islands of Vormsi, Hiiumaa,
> >> Saaremaa and Muhu. Hope you like them.
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> >> This is the location:http://www.flickr.com/photos/ostsee/
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> >> Regards,
> >> John
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> > Nice pics - John
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> Thanks, Henry. Wait till I get to Lithuania... In general it's the comments
> that take time, not the uploading.
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> Regards,
> John
Nice pics, John! You remember me that I have never been on Vormsö/
Vormsi/Vorms. Must go this summer...
J. Anderson
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> Nice pics, John! You remember me that I have
> never been on Vormsö/Vormsi/Vorms. Must go this
> summer...
Look out for the snakes! Ormsö = snake island. Swedish 'orm' is obviously
related to English 'worm'. In Sweden probably even worms can bite.
My own ambition is to go to Ruhnu / Runö / Ronu sala...
Regards,
John
Dmitry
> My own ambition is to go to Ruhnu / Runö / Ronu sala...
>
> Regards,
> John
I've seen it through binoculars from the coast (few kms south from
Kolka). I'd love to visit this island one day. Apparently there is a
ferry from Ventspils.
Your pics are really good. Accomodation for 2000 Soviet soldiers and
officers was particularly ammusing -))
captain.
"J. Anderson" <ander...@inbox.lv> wrote in message
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definitely liked them. you seem to have a photographer's eye.