tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935232044258447718.post4065750249708652574..comments2023-07-11T14:06:25.673+03:00Comments on Tartu - City of Good Food: VõruMingushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129025788427961454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935232044258447718.post-7246048136906850842009-09-08T23:27:31.652+03:002009-09-08T23:27:31.652+03:00Your posts make me reminisce my feelings about thi...Your posts make me reminisce my feelings about this forgotten country. The absence of beef in any supermarket! The crappy ice cream! A mall called kaubamaja, the lack of city life in a university town, not to speak of V6ru, P6lva and the like! Just the overall meagerness. When I had friends from civilization visiting me there I felt shame. Now it's pity. Still, I can't believe that I'll have to return to live there for at least some months. Please tell me that Tallinn is less sleepy than Tartu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935232044258447718.post-71375001458946277342009-05-06T23:02:00.000+03:002009-05-06T23:02:00.000+03:00I recently took a trip to Valga and when I got bac...I recently took a trip to Valga and when I got back my wife claimed I had been gone for four days and the house smelled of strange cologne. Could I really have been waiting so long for my food?valgarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935232044258447718.post-33261562336247770742009-05-06T00:51:00.000+03:002009-05-06T00:51:00.000+03:00I agree with Mingus. Tartu is not Southern Estoni...I agree with Mingus. Tartu is not Southern Estonia, in any way.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02108695780291232809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935232044258447718.post-90988187161431352009-05-05T15:43:00.000+03:002009-05-05T15:43:00.000+03:00I've seen another black guy around but I think he ...I've seen another black guy around but I think he lives in Tallinn because I see him on TV sometimes too. Otherwise I don't know.<br /><br />As for escalators, Tartu has two escalatored malls. But no, I don't really consider Tartu as a city to be Southern Estonian. That's more for Põlva, Võru and Valga Counties. They're noticeably different from Tartu County. Southern Estonia has consistently had higher rankings in the various CCCP indices (Countywide Catsup Consumption Percentage).Mingushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10129025788427961454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935232044258447718.post-67480933349785209892009-05-05T15:07:00.000+03:002009-05-05T15:07:00.000+03:00Napkin-cutting -- ah, yes. Strange but true. Thes...Napkin-cutting -- ah, yes. Strange but true. These things are beginning to be forgotten, including by me.<br /><br />Are you sure there is only one black man in Tartu, with the university there? There are actually very many in Tallinn, exchange students of course, Arab-speaking businessmen... <br /><br />Tartu doesn't have a escalator, or Tartu is not in S. Estonia by your definition?Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.com