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My thousand days in Eesti Vabariik

By João Lopes Marques ( Eesti keel ) Distracted by some life bureaucracies and unnecessary concerns, I forgot to signal properly my first thousand days in Estonia. Doubtlessly, it is a beautiful and round number. Considering all the natural ups and downs, it has been quite exciting: when I debarked in Tallinn with a heavy suitcase on 11th June 2006 I had plans to stay for not longer than one year. For some reason, time went by faster than my sweet inertia. Hereby some assorted impressions I have gathered since then. Since an article in Eesti Ekspress every two weeks is not enough to share all reflections, I've decided to select nearly one topic per month I have lived in this homy country: 1) Local girls' favourite name is "Laura"; 2) Cakes are too creamy; 3) Solarium is as important as sauna; 4) Egypt is even more important than solarium; 5) One hears the name Narva usually related to a joke; 6) Locals love to quote a specific passage of Ernest Hemingway in his book