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Back to Baltics: Images of a Former Soviet Dream
The Baltics. Reminiscent of a bargain property on the original Monopoly board; not to be confused with the powder keg Balkans; a region whose history features intermittent eras of independence and occupation; and a place whose emotional pendulum swings between the almost white nights of its brief summers and the steel wool grayness of its long winters.
Home to over seven million people and three distinct languages and cultures, the Baltic region comprises the countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Now, a virtual show of hands: who knows where the Baltics are? Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Estonia, Europe, Latvia, Lithuania, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
5 Comments | 8 December 2008
