Our project continued in Tallinn today. We took a couple of
hours bus drive to the capital city. It was a nice opportunity to rest. We did
some very official and fancy stuff in Tallinn! First we went to Kadriorg’s
presidential palace, had a guided tour, and then got to discuss some politics
with one of our president’s advisers, Urmo Kübar.
By accident, we even got to meet Kersti Kaljulaid for a moment, as she was
doing her work. Besides being productive, Estonians are also incredibly chill
and casual - even the politicians. For all of us foreign Estonians it is
unusual, yet so nice to see. It’s great that Estonians keep their state running
without classifying of people due to their history, and are so friendly with
each other. Even the politicians are normal people, not half-gods, like in many
of our countries.
After the presidential palace we had lunch in our usual
place, in one of Tallinn’s hipster cafes.
The Ministry of Education and Research was our next destination.
There we heard about studying and scholarship options in Estonia – for both learning
in Estonian and in English. As we started comparing which option is more
beneficial, we also discussed how to apply for citizenship in Estonia, as people
who have Estonian roots but have ended up in other random parts of the world.
We even got some coffee, snacks and gift bags, the latter containing some cool
little Estonian things.
We got to chill in the town, had dinner as usual - the “cool
modern Estonian” kind of food. We’re having an Estonian movie night, with
different movies running in parallel in our three apartments.
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