Konrad Mägi

When I stand up for a pee it’s often in the bushes but yesterday it was at a urinal. There was a sign above. It did not say “We aim to please, You aim too please”; nor did it advertise prophylactics.

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Man in White Suit

When I saw a man dressed like this at the forest cemetery in Estonia I thought maybe he was a forensic policeman gathering evidence. This seemed unlikely so I filed the matter in a bulky folder labelled Unsolved Mysteries.

Camping in Korea, Part Three

“I suppose I’ll have to write a report on this,” the PRO said half-heartedly over bacon and eggs next morning.

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Camping in Korea

They don’t make them like that any more. It’s what my generation say about a previous generation in a way implying standards slipping, world going to the dogs, things ain’t what they used to be.

Petrine Baroque

The proximity of the Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox cathedral to parliament, in the centre of Tallinn, I suppose aroused anti-Russian sentiment and led some people to moot its demolition and replacement with a park.

Toompea Time

There was a fine view of this tower, Pikk Hermann, from the fifth floor of one of the Radissons in Tallinn.