Tema’s Twins: My Island Tale

If you’re a giant, the easiest way to get from one island to another is to walk. Of course. It’s just one of the many…

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Every time I’d make my annual trip back to the U.S. from Tallinn or wherever I happened to be, my parents would always ask: “What’s…

There is something both relaxing and hypnotic about riding on a tram. Perhaps it’s the slight rocking motion which reminds you of being back in…

Kalamaja’s coolest store – Majatohter (House Doctor) – may also be its most important. Hidden away at no. 5 Väike Paterei, you could almost walk…

As soon as they heard I was moving back to Tallinn, those who know what I love to eat asked me: “so, will you get…

While it may be hard for some to be believe, there once was a time – not all that long ago – when pizza simply…

Even here in Tallinn – almost 20 years after it last vanished from the shores of Estonia forever, I still dream of Orissaare leib. In case…

For as long as it’s been around, Tallinn’s Flower Market (Viru lilleturg) has been a splash of color against a gray limestone wall. Or at…

If you think that the Legend of the Kalamaja Flatfish is only that – a tale – then you haven’t fully grasped your fish anatomy.…

Ever since my first visit to Valencia’s amazing Art Nouveau Mercat Cental, I’ve been enthralled by markets. Of course, as I was only seven years…

A hand print left behind on a cave wall. A rune carved into a sacred stone. An incantation scratched onto an egg shell or a…

Sometimes I feel just like a flatfish must feel – hidden away in the sand at the bottom of the sea as I look out…