I've just returned from the 63rd Estonian hamfest, which took place near Narva-Jõesuu this year. Although the Russian border is only about 200 km from my office, I haven't been there lately.
I shouldn't say that, but I'm feeling nostalgic about those places – little has changed there in the last 15 years, whereas the constant and rapid changes in the rest of the country have somehow worn me down.
The picture shows Ivangorod on the other side of the border, taken from the vast Kreenholm cloth factory grounds (in Narva).
When driving along the border, you don't need a map — you can intuitively tell which way the border runs. It's hard to explain. The atmosphere...
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