Kari's journal » united states http://www.karijournal.com My personal tales, thoughts and musings about life, politics and other matters. Online since 2002. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:32:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 There’s an Estonian in every Apple Store http://www.karijournal.com/2009/01/15/theres-an-estonian-in-every-apple-store/ http://www.karijournal.com/2009/01/15/theres-an-estonian-in-every-apple-store/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:18:38 +0000 Kari http://www.karijournal.com/?p=608 So, I am buying Apple’s new earphones from Apple Store in Green Hills, Nashville, and had this conversation with the salesperson:

Me: “I’ll have these”

Salesperson: “Do you pay with credit card?”

Me: “Yes” Hand over my Hansapank MasterCard Gold

Salesperson works with the machine, it shuts down, gets a new battery, asks my e-mail address, I give it to her.

Salesperson: “What’s your Zip-code”

Me: “I don’t live in the US”

Salesperson: “Oh, where are you from?”

Me: “Estonia, it is in Europe”

Salesperson: “Are you with these guys there, they are also from Estonia?”

And there was a couple from Estonia in the Apple Store in Green Hills mall in Nashville jsut before closing time buying a MacBook. We had a brief exchange, I told I was here for to visit Vanderbilt and they said they were just visiting as well. So, you can really meet Estonians everywhere in the world…

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P.S. Funny-named designer discovered at Saks Fifth Avenue: James Perse (perse means ass in Estonian).

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Thrusday: Breakfast at the Commerce on the corner of Gravier and Camp in the CBD (huge Omlette with Cheddar, served with Grits and Pastries under 5 dollars), walk along the Magazine street to Uptown (lots of small speciality stores and boutiques), took the St. Charles Avenue streetcar back to Canal Street, in the evening had a delicious dinner at Antoine’s Restaurant.

Friday: Walked around French Market and the Shops at Canal Street, visited Café du Monde and the riverfront. Enjoyed live music at the Crazy Lobster near the river.

I added some photos from New Orleans to flickr.

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We will be in New Orleans until Monday morning, after which we go to Nashville, Tennessee. I will write more soon.

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