It's so humid in Helsinki...

...that kids are wearing lifejackets on land.

I entered a contest

sponsored by Vittel. And won.

Вот наш чампион!!! Уже противник уничтожен!!! #vittel_academiya

Jot gets a new job

Does anyone remember “Jot” the short cartoons that taught moral lessons (1965-1974)? He now seems to be working in retirement, explaining bathrooms in a Tallinn mall.

Doors of Tallinn

The door on lower right is from the KGB’s communications and surveillance room in the Hotel Veru. The spies claimed nothing was going on. They even labeled the room “Nothing is here”.

Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum

Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum exhibition of Northern Russian culture.

I asked if the embroidery strip of cloth was placed above doorway for good luck or to ward off evil spirits. The amused docent said it was to keep exhibition visitors from hitting their head on the low portal.