Kari's journal » vacation http://www.karijournal.com My personal tales, thoughts and musings about life, politics and other matters. Online since 2002. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:49:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Happy Holidays http://www.karijournal.com/2007/12/24/happy-holidays/ http://www.karijournal.com/2007/12/24/happy-holidays/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:24:56 +0000 Kari http://www.karijournal.com/2007/12/24/happy-holidays/ Happy Holidays to everyone from me. I hope everyone can use the holidays for something they have been meaning to do for a long time, but were not able to, because of work. I also hope that you not only can relax your body, but recharge your mind with magic and goodwill for the next year.

I am spending Christmas with my family, as usual. We just finished another several hours of playing the Settlers of Catan with the expansion pack Cities and Knights of Catan, which my mother won. I also got some nice presents which I was able to pick myself, including a very nice new silk bathrobe.

]]> http://www.karijournal.com/2007/12/24/happy-holidays/feed/ 0 16 years from restoration of independece of Estonia http://www.karijournal.com/2007/08/21/16-years-from-restoration-of-independece-of-estonia/ http://www.karijournal.com/2007/08/21/16-years-from-restoration-of-independece-of-estonia/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:24:00 +0000 Kari http://www.karijournal.com/?p=257 Yesterday was the 16th anniversary of Estonia’s restoration of independence. It is a funny holiday, as people tend not to celebrate it too much (it only became a national holiday some years ago). Perhaps it is because it is too soon, perhaps because certain politicians could gain a lot from being associated with this holiday (and other politicians do not like this). I do not think it has the same worth in the eyes of the people as 24 February (next year will be the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia). It is anyway quite silly to celebrate to independence days.

I celebrated the holiday with a cycling trip in Kõrvemaa with some people from the university. The weather was nice and the trip was great as well. I am not really the outdoorsy type, but I liked that event a lot.

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I am returning on Tuesday and intend to use today for shopping.

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