Greetings from ESTONIA!

[goodboy]

I finally had enough and moved over here with goodgirl's family. How are all of you?

I'd be happy to take your questions.

[Skinner]

1. Tallinn?

Or somewhere else?

[goodboy]

5. I'm living in Tallinn...How are ya skinner?

[Skinner]

11. I'm okay.

I was in Tallinn about 12 years ago. Great city. :thumbsup:

[goodboy]

14. Sure is...it's really becoming quite something....centuries old gothic

architecture, and then a super-modern sky scraper right next to it. Old town is still cool as shit. I'm there almost every night. They treat Americans really well here, as long as they don't act like total complete assholes. Some do, though, you know. There are so many super-hot chicks here, man. You can hardly walk down the street without bumping into some hot Estonian girl who looks like she just got done with a photo shoot for Cosmo :)

[mogster]

2. Woohoo, you've made a Yoropean out of yourself?

:hi: :-)

[goodboy]

6. that's Yer-A-Peeon...chek yru speleng )

[Captain Hilts]

3. I was there in 1980 when it was full of drunken Finns. Now, I hear...

it's full of drunken English yobs.

[goodboy]

7. LOL! Seems like there's still a lot of drunken finns...and I saw some

totally trashed Newcastle football fans at a club I sang at last night.

I could not understand a fucking word.

[Captain Hilts]

8. They're speaking 'Newcastle' English. nt

[goodboy]

10. Ah...I guess I'd have to drink 19 of 'em to understand the bastards, huh?

[Captain Hilts]

12. That or say "Go Reds!" [L'pool] and run. THEN you'll understand 'em! nt

[goodboy]

13. fuck that...It's tough enough dodging the drunk Russians (nt)

[LiberalEsto]

31. When I was there 3 years ago

I asked my cousin how they could tell the Finns apart from the Estos (since they are ethnically and liguistically very close).

Her reply was that the Finns were the ones wandering around drunk at 10 in the morning with big cups of beer in each hand.

Alcohol is much cheaper in Estonia than in Finland, so people go there on weekends to really tie one. It's only a short ferry or plane ride from Finland to Estonia.

[acmejack]

4. Congratulations!

How is the cost of living? Of course it doesn't matter, I can't get in anyway:(

[goodboy]

9. It's expensive relative to what they make here. The dollar's way down

as if I had to tell you anyway. Used to be you could buy 17kroons for 1$, but now you can only get 12, maybe.

I'm pretty lucky in that I have a day job doing copywriting for websites, and then I get to perform at night.

[Adelante]

15. Hey, good luck in your new home

:toast:

[goodboy]

18. Thank you, WD...nt

[Midlodemocrat]

16. How exciting! Best of luck in your new country!

[goodboy]

19. Hey, I can still raise hell from over here. I live right near the

US embassy :evilgrin:

[Canuckistanian]

17. I had a chilhood friend from Estonia

His parents moved to Canada in 1956. There seemed to be a small community of Estonians where I lived in Toronto.

Did you come from Talinn?

[goodboy]

20. I've heard that there's quite a few Estonians in Toronto, and also

In wisconsin, I think?

I'm from Columbus OHio...I just live here in Estonia. My wife, goodgirl, is Estonian...

[pansypoo53219]

25. WI

has just about everybody, but lots and lots of germans. lots of eastern yeropeons as well. remember poland? we is poland.
is a dead little community up nort, not sure if latvian or lithowanian(sp?).

[goodboy]

27. I didn't forget poland,) not like our dear leader. nt

[LiberalEsto]

30. Lots of Estos in Toronto, NYC, Baltimore/DC

and Lakewood NJ.

[Stockholm]

21. Welcome to the Baltics

I hope you will enjoy it!

[goodboy]

22. Thank you! I hope to come to Stockholm soon! I think that

Tallink ships go there, right?


How long of a boat ride is it from Tallinn to Stockholm?

[Stockholm]

24. I have only flown to the baltic states

but I think it is an overnight ferry with proper tax free!

Need info on Stockholm, don´t hesitate to pm me.

[goodboy]

26. Sounds like fun! I was gonna be a bartender on Tallink, but

I haven't learned enough Estonian yet;)

When we first got married, I was going to teach my wife to play the piano, and she was going to teach me to speak Estonian...

Then we decided we'd rather stay married..

[goodboy]

23. Just heard Chimpy is coming here at the end of the month...shit. I can't

even get away from him if I move halfway around the world!

[bdamomma]

28. hey just make sure you protest when he comes out there

I wonder if they have "free speech zones" ???? get out there and protest.

[LiberalEsto]

29. Tere! I'm an Estonian-American

and it's always been at the back of my mind to go there if things get worse here. I can claim citizenship through my parents, who were born there, I'm fluent in the language, and I have relatives there.

I'm interested in hearing how you get through the winter -- that's always been a deterrent for me. Hardly any sunlight for days -- it would drive me nuts.

Feel free to PM me if you have any language questions.

Make sure you go to the Estonian House restaurant in Tallinn. The food is great. It's owned by a guy named Viido Polikarpus, a friend of a friend of mine. He grew up in Lakewood, NJ and moved there several years ago. And he's a musician/singer. He and his sister Pia, also a friend of mine, recently recorded a CD together.

LibE