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It's amazing how the town of St. Petersburg has been turned around from the Soviet era. I loved seeing The Peterhof Palace. It's like out of a dream. There is so much art, lots of museums everywhere. It's enormous! The Hermitage is truly a grand museum, perhaps the grandest of all. It contains the biggest collection of Matisse. It is an artist lover's dream to go there. And so romantic... My husband went there with his mother when he was young. And it would be wonderful to go, again. The town has all these beautiful churches, gorgeous buildings, lovely fountains ... Beauty is all around you. Loved going to the ballet, too.
Peter The Great was really involved building the city. And recreated his own little "European town" there. Filled with so much beauty and love. Your heart can barely contain it all. Peter The Great went to different places in Europe to build his own little town, just to get ideas.
The specialities were beef stroganoff, borscht soup (beet soup) with their sour cream on top. They love their sour cream! And known for their pickles and you can them 1 to 2, 3, 5, 10 day old pickles. It's up to you. And not to mention the cranberry juice followed by a shot of vodka! "Za zdorovje" ("To your good health!")
Onto Estonia, from a travel point of view, I was impressed at the interview by the former Prime Minister of Estonia, Mart Laar. He was the first in Europe to introduce flat tax. He really turned Estonia's economy around. It was interesting to find out all the details how Estonia was able to rebuild themselves back after Soviet occupation in 1991. And pretty quick too! He's not your normal politician. He did a lot of radical decisions that helped Estonia bloomed a great deal. He always thought in the best interest of the country.
It was nice to see the old part of town restored, amazing restorations. They have kept the old folk traditions in a modern day world in lots of places. They showed "The Singing Revolution". Estonians are smart enough to have come out and sing their way, by hundreds of thousands, into getting their freedom back. There was no way to win by fighting. The Red Army was not going to drive tanks over 300,000 people. It was pretty heavy-duty. And brings tears to your eyes.
Nice to see lots of small private businesses and cafes are existing everywhere and doing great, not threatened by "big chains". The people seem happy. The unemployment seems non-existent. People appear thriving. Transportation is free in their own capital [Tallinn] for their citizens.
The castles were wonderful to see and how they have been preserved/restored after years of occupation.
I liked the way "Rudy Maxa's World: Russia & Estonia" ended, but I would have loved to seen more. I wish that we could have a sauna here in our home, too. We probably would be healthier and feel so much better. The Estonians love good food and fine music, as well as we do here. Their specialities are pork, blood sausage, fish, black bread, beer, etc. I have tasted the black bread (called just "bread" there) on numerous holidays when my Estonian mother-in-law brought the bread overseas to America. It is delicious! And far better and healthier than our white bread. Overall, the video was a wonderful "digital journey"!
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