Estonia?

Yeah xD I could label a map of Europe way better than the US as a kid. And Estonia and Finland were always my fav countries.

cool

I knew

grovey

Nope, lol

I had never heard of Estonia before I listened to Kerli x]

lol

Of course I did

I think :/
it's been too long to remember if I did.

I knew cuz I live in Lithuania and Lithuania is 1 of "Baltic States" (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia)

I live in Europe. It's good enough reason.

awesome

No, I didn't know about Estonia before Kerli...should I be ashamed?

Nobody knows where it's at

Oh well, I know about it now, and I'm going to visit Estonia at some point, because it looks extraordinarily beautiful and magical. Does that make up for it? xD

Obviosly i did, the next country to Finland!

I know where is Estonia because is near Poland.
President of Estonia is very cool
(In Polish Estonia this is Estonia )

That is so cool

I've heard of Estonia before I knew about Kerli. I believe I heard of it from TV

I heard about is cos my sis has a friend from there.. so I knew about it before I knew about Kerli. But I bothered finding more about it once I heard of kerli

cool..oh right

Yes =] But I didn't think that Estland (We say Estland in Norway) and Estonia was the same Haha.

hahahaahhahahah

no... not surprising though seeing as i fail at geography xD

oh wow

I did we learned about it in history

oh goood

i don't remmeber us learning it in history

yes, i've know about it,

If you want to know something about Estonian history you should read Sofi Oksanen's book Purge. it is farm from boring history novel and it isn't just a random book, it has won several international awards. I don't about you but I really like this book!
Can't wait to see the movie too!

Sofi Oksanen’s bestselling novel Purge is a chilling drama of two generations of women, set in wartime 1940’s Estonia during the Soviet occupation, and in the same country in the 90’s as it grapples with the realities of a new Europe. Narrated through a polyphonic choir of individual voices, Purge tells the suspenseful and dramatic story of Aliide Truu, an old Estonian woman whose hands are soiled with the crimes she committed during the Soviet era, and Zara, a young trafficking victim who in the present has managed to escape and has come to seek shelter at Aliide’s countryside home. As the two women start to approach each other and the links between them are revealed, a tragic and complex family drama of rivalry, lust, and loss that plays out during the worst years of the Soviet occupation of Estonia unfolds. In this way, Purge becomes an investigation into the cost of survival in a repressive system.


Here's some reviews:

A sheer masterpiece… A marvel… I hope that everyone in the world who knows how to read, reads Purge.
— Nancy Huston, author of Fault Lines (2010)

Sofi Oksanen has become a literary phenomenon...Purge is a flawed, brilliant piece of work that does not easily relinquish its grip on reader's imagination.
— The Times (UK) (2010)

sofi:

sounds instersting

i know it, naturally cuz i live in europe (:
but now i'm curious to go in estonia.
it seems a magical place

I did knew of estonia before kerli. It's like it was meant to be.
They were teaching some of the world wars and then I heard ''estonia''.

I don't know why, but I think just the name is beautiful and powerful so I said: that place & NY are my go to places before I die.

butterflycry2010 wrote:sounds instersting

Yes it is! The book is also a bit sad... normal life in Estonia wasn't really so depressing But life in soviet union wasn't always so easy.

You should check this out, it may sound a bit weird now but it was true.
You couldn't watch popular TV shows like Dallas or MacGywer because they were forbidden in Soviet Union. Actually there were a lot of things which were forbidden... For example there were no fruits in stores!?
Realtives from finland used to send us music, magazines, jeans, plastic bags, stockings, make-up and stuff. You were so cool when you had some stuff from "west"