Saturday, August 29, 2009

Lots of updates from Tallin


Using the only working station in the Apollo bookstore in Tallinn, Estonia, I 'm going to try to upload photos, and not type using keys like ä,ö,ü or õ.

So first, the photos from Oslo. I had big plans that day, wanted to take the ferry to the island where the Viking museum and the outdoor Folklife museum are. But I slept very poorly, and spent a good part of the night prowling the ship (It's hard to stay in a tiny stateroom with nothing to do). So I just wandered. I did manage to buy a pair of shoes and a very silly Norwegian hat (I plead sleep deprivation on the hat). But here are some lovely views of the harbor and the city:











The national theater:







Just a sampling of the amazing carvings, fountains and statues adorning city hall:




















The abandoned medieval fort over looking the harbor:




The next port was Arhus, Denmark. We rode a bus 2 hours to visit the workshop of Lotte , a really amazing knitwear designer. It is also her home, and they fed us delicious sandwiches and home made cookies. Then she talkedd about her design and production process, and sold use her lovely creations.















Everything about her studio way beautiful, and I shot pictures of everything, including her gardening shelf in the sunroom: