Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The 5th day of spring

Well, no, not really. But Mike has remarked how he can tell the spring is coming and the temperatures have been above freezing for five days straight. Before that, we had 70+ freezing days which some sources say is the longest winter in parts of the country. And starting tonight, we'll get more snow and colder air.

The games in Canada are over and here's what I wanted to say on that note on Friday (I think). So we sat around a lunch table and there were four people and the games were on on TV. One of the guys mentioned how these haven't been the best games for us. I was about to nod vigorously in agreement when Mike asked what the luncher meant by "us". Turned out he was talking about the sportsmen and women representing Russia. Then, of the four diners at the table in Tallinn, Estonia I was the only one rooting for Estonia. For the other two, "us" meant Lithuania and U.S. Talk about multiculturalism!

And on something I wanted to write about today but did terrible researching so I can only give hints and have you do the research. Anyway, from somewhere on the news I heard some organization here is running a campaign where people from English and Russian speaking countries can participate in an online game trying to answer questions on Estonia. And a winner will be drawn later (in May perhaps) and given a round trip here as a prize. I guess it's like the one you, M & S, found out about last year (?) and tried your luck in. We'll keep our fingers crossed tighter for this round.