LOST IN SAAREMAA

Sounds like a good title for a book. In fact it’s an actual description of today. Having an Air BNB address which turned out to be the address of the local gymnasium and then finding the real house was on a nameless street with no number and that it’s prime identifying feature was a black fence (always easy to spot in the dark!), led to quite a frustrating day all round particularly when the cell phones stop working. So this will be short.

Any place that has a statue like this cant be all bad, can it?

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Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia and has more spas than anywhere else in the country. Critical information if you used to work as a stoker on the Titanic and are suffering from withdrawal.

Tomorrow we are expecting to see Kaali a small group of nine meteorite craters on Saaremaa. The largest of the crater measures 110 metres across and contains a small lake, known as Kaali järv. The meteor cluster hit and phenomenal speed and left a crater 22 metres deep.  The age estimates of the crater are around 4000 years BC. This no doubt would have scared the daylights out off the locals that lived in the area at the time.

By the way, only one worth while picture for today.. sorry 🙂

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The Fence!

One thought on “LOST IN SAAREMAA

  1. Thanks Les for awesome photos of old homestead. Correspondence spread out on the table as if Aunt Julie had just been sitting there. Must have been an emotional experience. Did wonder where the car was.

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