text and picture by: Martina Fleck
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Going to a total unknown place without the possibility of informing about that spot before the trip, was a very unusual and strange experience in the beginning. But at the latest after the second trip, I really liked that little Estonian adventure and was looking forward to every next journey. With every trip my picture of Estonia got bigger and bigger and I somehow felt, that I learned something about the country and the people there on
every single tour.
Going to a total unknown place without the possibility of informing about that spot before the trip, was a very unusual and strange experience in the beginning. But at the latest after the second trip, I really liked that little Estonian adventure and was looking forward to every next journey. With every trip my picture of Estonia got bigger and bigger and I somehow felt, that I learned something about the country and the people there on
every single tour.
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While I was reflecting for the regular discussions to given topics during our trips was the time when I realised, that going to Estonia was also going elsewhere for me. Sure, normally that should be logically. But to be honest, it never came to my mind before. Humans always try to do something new, something they have never done before, something their friends haven‘t done, something they cannot do at home. But it would be really simple to go elsewhere in your own country, experience something totally new in the neighbourhood. Just start looking at things closer and not from an somehow arrogant
point of view. Of course going elsewhere is always more intensive when you do not speak the language of a country, for example. But it is possible to go elsewhere everywhere.
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At the beginning going to Estonia meant going elsewhere for me. Of course, I read something about the country in books and travelguides, saw one documentary about the european cultural capital 2011 on TV and read about Estonia in newspapers from time to time. But nevertheless it was a dark spot in the map of my mind.
Estonia? Why are you going to Estonia? That is what a lot of people in Austria asked me.
Estonia? Why does a girl from Austria come to Estonia? That was the question I heard the most, here in Estonia.
You could have chosen Spain or Italy or another country were it is nicely warm, was the comment of people in both countries.
Yes, I know! But I wanted to go to Estonia!
I wanted to go – e l s e w h e r e!
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