judithknott

Haven’t blogged for a while as I’ve been too busy. And now, a week into my intensive Estonian course in Tartu, my head’s too full of Estonian declensions to write a proper blog. So I thought I’d share some photos from my Saturday morning walk around Tartu’s university park and “Toomemägi” (cathedral hill). I hadn’t known what to expect of Estonia’s second city, with its reputation as a “closed city” in Soviet times, but I think the pictures speak for themselves …

Tartu University (founded 1632): in Latin …

… and Estonian

Tartu’s old cathedral, in ruins since 16th century

Next to 19th science: old observatory …

… and old anatomical theatre

Mul ei ole enam ema , aga ma armastan Emajõge – “I no longer have a mother, but I love Emajõgi” (as we might say in Estonian class).

Taeva all on ainult üks perekond – “under the heavens there is but one family” (Bruce Lee).