Volbriöö is the “night of the witches” in Estonia. It happens on the night from 30 of April til 01 of May. The kids wear pieces of fabric, resembling witches, walk over brushes and so on, but there’s no bon fire, it seems.
Archive for April, 2009
Tonight is Volbriöö
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1st of May, alcohol, games, International Workers Day, student, Tartu Kevadpäevad, Tudengipäevad, Volbriöö, vomit, Witches on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The sun shines
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brazil, Estonia, Heat, Spring, Summer, Sun, Wind on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here the sun makes a hell of a difference for my daily activities. I can find a few good excuses to go out, walk slowly in the sun, take deep fresh breaths. The laundry dries fast, it makes me smile, reactivate my melanine… so many benefits…
Flamengo ’til I die!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Botafogo, Brazil, Estonia, Flamengo, Football, Maior torcida do mundo, Taça Rio 2009 on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sorry but this post has only a little to do with Estonia… but more with Football. As any good Brazilian, I love football and, as most decent Brazilians, I support Flamengo, from Rio de Janeiro. And my dear team won the Rio Cup yesterday, for the 7th time, over Botafogo. Flamengo has the biggest [...]
And it was Easter (for me)…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christianity, Easter, Eggs, Estonia, Paganism, Traditions on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Easter is not a global celebration, such as Christmas, where the meaning is lost and we just want to party. Easter ends up as a quite private celebration that doesn’t exists without it’s meaning – having eggs or not.
Is there Easter?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christians, Easter, Estonian Mythology, Night of the Witches, Pagans, Volbriöö on April 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today is, according to the Christian tradition, the “Sexta-feira da Paixão”, “Langfredag” or the Friday before Easter.
A contribution…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bad, Stupid, Twitter, Wrong, Youtube on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After the post below (“Bad, bad idea”), one of the visitors made an important contribution. So, enriching your knowledge about other people’s opinion about Twitter (not only my humble one), here it goes: Thanks Daniel!
Bad, bad idea…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cellphones, Estonia, Gadget, Internet, Skype, SMS, Twitter on April 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For the third time I stumbled into “Twitter”. This time I decided to check it out.
Damn! That’s a bad idea.