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EPISODE · Sep 8, 2021 · 51 MIN

Rita moved to Tallinn, Estonia

from South African Ex-Pats · host Jonathan Warncke

Rita is a copywriter from Cape Town who was offered a job in the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn.  Most people (me included), don't know much about Estonia, and group it vaguely as "one of those eastern bloc countries".  That's correct, but there's far more to it. Here's the first paragraph of its Wikipedia page to get you started:  Officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland and of 2,222 islands on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of 45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi), the land area is 43,432 km², and is influenced by a humid continental climate. Estonia belongs to the Baltic states with Latvia and Lithuania, and it is the smallest of the states both in land area and population. Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, and Tartu are the largest cities and urban areas in the country. Other notable cities include Narva, Pärnu, Kohtla-Järve and Viljandi. The official language of the country, Estonian, is the second-most-spoken Finnic language. Rita loves the old world atmosphere and culture, combined with a huge focus on digital entrepreneurship. To me, Tallinn sounds very worthy of investigating if you don't want to (or can't) emigrate to one of the more usual South African destinations.  You can support this show by supporting ⁠⁠Luggage Warehouse⁠⁠, the business my father started in the 80s, and my brother currently helms. Two products of particular interest for emigration-curious South Africans: ⁠⁠Build-a-Set⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Luggage Glove⁠⁠. If you need luggage, accessories, handbags, leather goods, noise-cancelling headphones and other awesome travel stuff, please check out Luggage Warehouse. We deliver nationwide and are just better than the competition.

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