"Look what I just bought! Look at that lipstick! Isn't that gorgeous?"
Sorry, but boring. Let's better go to a World Discovery Trip which this time is going to take us to Denmark, to Faroe Islands, to Iceland, to Scotland and more.
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My Winter Holiday 2016: Tokyo - New Zealand - SingaporeKristi Rohtsalu
My Winter Holiday 2016, the five weeks of Jan-Feb 2016 in Tokyo, in New Zealand and in Singapore, is now in slides. Keywords: colors, contrasts and differences. Stone & glass cities, rain forests, volcanoes, plays of light… Nature vs human creations… Both can be amazing.
Reasons to travel to Lithuania and to visit Vilnius, and surprising facts about Lithuania you would not have expected.
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My Winter Holiday 2016: Tokyo - New Zealand - SingaporeKristi Rohtsalu
My Winter Holiday 2016, the five weeks of Jan-Feb 2016 in Tokyo, in New Zealand and in Singapore, is now in slides. Keywords: colors, contrasts and differences. Stone & glass cities, rain forests, volcanoes, plays of light… Nature vs human creations… Both can be amazing.
Peek into 21 unique things to do in denmarkTripnstay
There are definitely some of the weird and wonderful things to do in Denmark and see Scandinavia's smallest empire from the whole new perspective! In Denmark, have the pleasure of diving with sharks, get lost in Santa Claus's crowd and can increase one of Europe's largest sand dunes.
I wanted to do something memorable this summer. After considering various options I decided to walk the Camino del Norte (the Northern Way).
For those who don’t know: Camino del Norte is one of the major Christian pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela or, more specifically, one of a number of routes known as the Camino de Santiago or the Way of St. James. It follows the gorgeous Northern coast of Spain from San Sebastián to Gijón, Ribadeo and on to Santiago de Compostela. Many take up this route as a form of spiritual path or retreat for their spiritual growth.
Every pilgrim or hiker is told to have his or her very personal experience. Some say that the way is long and lonely… My experience is summarised in the slides. Yeah, as it was my summer vacation, I travelled lightly and comfortably and I wasn’t cut off from the outside world as I had access to internet. That’s why I call it “my Euro Pilgrim Walk”.
Everything was planned beforehand, but still some unexpected happened... Thanks to all supporters, real and moral! I was – I am with you too, even if only in my mind and from a distant location.
Great overview of a few ideas for what to do and see in Iceland in the fall by a local. This itinerary was originally recommended to a friend visiting in October 2016.
Risk Management in Banks - Overview (May 2024)Kristi Rohtsalu
Risk is at the heart of banking – and so is risk management. In a regulated bank, it is crucial to take a holistic view, including economic and normative perspectives. This material gives an overview of enterprise risk management in banks; specifics by risk type – credit risk, market risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, and other relevant risks – are not discussed here.
See on minu Patagoonia reisikirja terviktekst. Sama reisi slaidid leiab siit: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/patagoonia-avastamise-retk-veebruarismrtsis-2024/266955843
This travel journal is about my 2023 summer trip to Georgia, the country at the intersection of Europe and Asia.
The one word I would use to describe Georgia is DIVERSE. I still wonder how much variety I did experience while visiting just this one country. It was familiar and unfamiliar. There were mountains and sea and almost desert-like areas. I could see sights from different eras and meet people with different attitudes. Of course, there were common denominators, too – like cows on the roads.
My approach was this: where I can reasonably walk, there I walk – and where I cannot, I use budget-friendly transportation.
Here are some memorable moments:
• Standing hand-in-hand with strangers in the strong current of the ice-cold river originating from the nearby glacier
• Breaking my record of meters climbed during one day
• Marshrutka adventures, including ‘party bus’ and ‘rally bus’
• Feeling like a competitive eater facing the next food challenge
• Getting through hostile bushes – I have never been this scratched before!
• Confronting ‘Georgian gorillas’ in the corridor
• Major water outage: kneeing to get some water from the half-empty fountain in the central square of Mtskheta
• All lights going off in Gori; sirens and people with lamps behind my hotel room’s window
• Bokneti rural experience, including a broken bathroom and getting to know someone who knew about the Estonian start-up community more than me on these days
• Climbing up to the walls of Ananuri Fortress
Yeah. Most memorable moments are often unplanned challenges.
Gruusia on väga mitmekesine maa. Siin on piltides minu 2023. aasta suvetripp sinna - midagi igast päevast.
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Minu Bali Reisi Päevikud (Veebruar-Märts 2023)Kristi Rohtsalu
Reisipäevikutes oma esimeselt reisilt Jumalate Saareks ja Tuhande Templi Saareks nimetatud Balile jutustan ja illustreerin fotodega päev päeva kaupa, kuidas seda nö paradiisisaart otsast avastasin ja kogesin. Lõpuks teen väikese kokkuvõtte: algne ettekujutus ja tegelikkus. Mitte, et ma Baliga nüüd kuu aja jooksul päriselt tuttavaks sain – ikka esmamulje põhjal ning läbi inimese perspektiivi, kellele meeldib kõndida.
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Hetki:
[…] Aga ei: turvavööde kinnitamist nõudvad tulukesed olid kustus. Küll aga jätkusid mulle seni tundmatud häiresignaalid ning lennuki laes istete kohal sähvisid kõrvuti punased ja rohelised valgused. […]
[…] Vasakut ja paremat kätt jäi nüüd paras väike džungel ning… umbes kümme meetrit minust eespool läks rahulikult üle tee ligi meetri pikkune ja korraliku käsivarre jämedune krokodilli-laadne elukas. […]
[…] Pandi maha, näidati, millisest uksest sisse minna… Ja sõidutamise eest mingit tasu ei küsitudki! Kui tänamiseks ümber pöörasis, oli mees rolleriga juba kadunud – oli lihtsalt mulle teene teinud. […]
[…] Tumepunastes religioossetes riietes meesterahvad istusid ’laval’ ja ’esinesid’. Vähemasti ma arvasin, et see oli lava ja et nad esinesid. Kuidas ma eksisin! […]
[…] Jällegi ‘kleepis’ ennast minu kõrvale üks suhteliselt tüütu rolleriga meeskodanik. Seletas, et tahab mind aidata: viib Sampalani ära. Vastasin, et Sampalani on jäänud alla viie kilomeetri ja ma TAHAN ise kõndida. […]
[…] Ronisin kusagile üles ja astusin lukustamata klaasuksest sisse. Tundus, nagu olnuksin sattunud mingi parajasti asustamata luksusliku ruumi või sviidi rõdule; pimedas ei saanud täpselt aru. Seal leidus võrkkiik, milles tükk aega varbaid sirutasin. Õhtu oli soe, ent mitte palav. Lihtsalt mõnus oli niimoodi olla ja mitte midagi teha. […]
[…] Olin selleks ajaks juba piisavalt palju turninud ja ekselnud; otsustasin, et nüüd küll on aeg ots ümber pöörata ning tuldud teed mööda tagasi minna. Nii lihtne see küll ei olnud! Need rajakesed ajasid kohutavalt segadusse. […]
[…] Meil vedas: nägime lausa kahte suurt kilpkonna päris lähedalt. Nägime kohe nii lähedalt, et kellelgi meie pundist õnnestus ühte neist kogemata riivata. […]
[…] „Mis siin toimub?“ imestasin hiljem õhtul kolmveerand kuue paiku oma villa lähedal asuvasse Kedungu Beach’i nimelisse randa jalutades.
Rannaeelne parkimisala oli tihedalt täis rollereid, inimesi, igasugu söögi- ja joogiputkasid… […]
[…] Turnisin väheke mööda templi serva ehitatud treppi ja… Uugh, seal sebis ringi korralik trobikond suuri musti skorpione! […]
Lenders find themselves in a challenging new post-pandemic economic environment, battling both rising rates and soaring inflation. While consumer lending faces headwinds, there is still growth and innovation. Keywords from the AltFi lending Summit 2022 were revenue-based lending, green finance and buy now pay later for business, but also new lending innovations.
Innovating through the slowdown. 3 November 2022, London – In-Person. These are my notes from the event.
Rännates Alpides ja vahemerelises Euroopas suvel 2022Kristi Rohtsalu
Auring Mont Blanc’ile (omal moel), suvised suusakuurortid peamiselt Prantsuse Alpides, pikad ja kuumad päevad teel rannaväravasse, vein ja viinamarjad vahemerelisel Lõuna-Prantsusmaal, Costa Brava, Barcelona ning puhkamine puhkusest Mallorca saarel... Sellesse umbes 1,500 kilomeetri pikkusse ning paarikümmet tuhandet tõusumeetrit sisaldavasse ligi kolme kuu pikkusse suvereisi mahtus üht-koma-teist.
Kummalised lauakombed ja mõistatuslik laud ühele; torm Alpides; üle aia ronimised ja keelumärkidest üleastumised; sekeldused Intermarché turvameestega; mustad pullid; rallivõistluse boksipeatusse eksimine; puslepildi vaated; Déjà vu; mind kangesti aidata soovinud prantsuse proua; Kõigi Kadunud Asjade Maale pagev hotelli uksekaart; kogemata minu kaamera ette jäänud UFO/UAP; pilliroopadrikust välja karanud aadamaülikonnas hipi; kohalikud ratturid peatamas mind alla hüppamise katsel (ja ei, ma ei kavatsenud sooritada enesetappu 😉); rõõm väikestest asjadest; mäed, higistamine, rannad...
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Notes from AltFi Festival of Finance 2022 in LondonKristi Rohtsalu
AltFi Festival of Finance 2022 was a two-day in-person extravaganza exploring innovation in fintech, banking, and lending in the UK and across Europe. About 60 speakers and 300 attendees were present at the prestigious Park Plaza London Riverbank. These are my notes and takeaways from the event.
Here are the keywords:
Trust, ESG,
Cost of living crisis, Post-COVID, Supporting Ukraine & Ukrainian refugees
30+ banking licenses issued in UK over the last few years, huge investment rounds in FinTech
Payments, BNLP & BNLP 2.0, Challenger Credit Cards, Embedded Finance
Open Banking , Open Finance
High Net Worth Neobanking
Crypto & Web3, Metaverse
FinTech advice to the incumbent banks
Hybrid working and remote working
HR, international talent and four-day workweek
On 11 February 2022 I packed my stuff, passed mandatory COVID procedures – COVID testing, electronic forms, Lufthansa document check – and checked in to my flight. Outside, the temperature was 1°C; it was wet and slippery. New COVID cases in Estonia were skyrocketing. I was heading to Gran Canaria, the place that I had picked for my next winter office.
[…]
After the sleepless night I spent most of the flying time sleeping. At my arrival to Estonia, the spring was just about to begin. It was March 20th. There sky was cloudless. I had never had such a clear view to my home country…
***
This is my diary about the life in between: Winter Office in Gran Canaria, February-March2022.
“I am always here to help you” host in La Aldea de San Nicolás…
Explosion of the egg…
Mystical disappearance of the motorcyclists near Andén Verde…
The story of broken lock in Maspalomas…
Touching Roque Nublo…
“Pilgrimage” to Teror…
“Can I ask you a personal question? Aren’t you afraid?”
The most beautiful sunset I have ever seen…
They got a wild ride. I found my adventures and restored my inner balance…
Tallataksoga Lõuna-Saksamaa, otsaga Austrias – reisipäevikuid suvest 2021 Kristi Rohtsalu
Mõned märksõnad minu suvistest rännakutest Lõuna-Saksamaal ning otsapidi Austrias:
Odenwald ja Schwarzwald e Must Mets; Konstanz’i järv e Bodensee; Baieri Alpid; Romantiline Tänav.
60+ päeva teel; 1,390 kilomeetrit astumist.
Maalilised varahommikud, kuldsed viljapõllud, mägised vaated ja panoraamid; katkematu lehmakellade kolin (või helin) ja sagedased kirikukellade löögid.
Krimpslikud ploomid, maisitõlvikud ja viinamarjad.
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Muinasjutumetsad ja -majad; keskaegsete kindluste varemed ja uhked lossid; tipud ja kuristikud.
Palavad päevad ja kuumalaine hoiatus; pidev vihm, üleujutuste ja maalihete hoiatus; äike, mis hoiab öö välgusähvatustest valgena.
Rõõmsad kokkusattumised. Sekeldused hotelliarvetega.
Teele asumised ja kohalejõudmised – ning aeg seal vahepeal.
Nüüd on see tehtud. Minu suvereis 2021 on tehtud. Oma reisipäevikus räägin kõigest põhjalikult, päev päeva kaupa.
Baltic coastal hiking 2020 from Tallinn to RigaKristi Rohtsalu
The summer came different this year (2020). I had to change my original travel plans, take a backpack and get going (walking) from the doorstep of my home, literally so... That's the story of my walk from the capital of Estonia to the capital of Latvia.
My notes from the event that discussed the trend of FinTechs moving into the public markets
The event page: https://www.altfi.com/events/altfi-fintech-investor-forum
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19 July: Sightseeing in Copenhagen
From top left: 1. Cyclist culture. 2. Nyhavn. 3. The Little Mermaid. 4. Some red houses.
(The tourist guide advised that it may be better for one’s health not to take pics in Freetown Christiania.)
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20 July: World Santa Claus Congress (WSCC) in Bakken
From top left: 1. Spotted a Santa Claus. 2. Found plenty of them. (Now I know how Santa Claus can visit so many
children during just one night ) 3. They DO have a car… 4. On the way back… Okou…
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21 July: Billund – LEGOLAND. Yoo-hoo!!!
From top left: 1. Which train to take to get there? 2. Do you recognize real world in Lego bricks? 3.
Adventures in Lego World. 4. Stayed over night in a local country house. (My host had been working 26
years for the Lego company, btw.)
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22-23 July: Hirtshals and around
From top left: 1. What are cars doing in the beach??! 2. Heading to Nordsøen Oceanarium. 3. Feeding a big fish
(the Ocean Sunfish, to be precise) in the big aquarium (the largest of its kind in Europe, to be even more
precise). 4. My little almost invisible favorites among all the fishes.
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23-24 July: From Hirtshals (Denmark) to Tórshavn (Faroes)
From top left: 1. To the boat. 2. Leaving Denmark behind. 3. Over night… Fairly modest, shared the room with a
bunch of German girls. 4. In Sky bar. (Side note: There were a cinema, a swimming pool, a gym, hot tubes, live
music etc. on board too. So maybe not this modest, after all But still no free WiFi/internet.)
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25 July: Tórshavn, Kirkjubøur and what is in between
From top left: 1. My first look to Tórshavn (late evening of July 24th). 2. The walk from Tórshavn to Kirkjubøur is
easy and fun, except if you happen to a wrong path right at the beginning. Just climbed down this hill without
observing any path whatsoever. 3. Houses in Kirkjubøur – look at those grass roofs. 4. A very selfish selfie.
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26 July: The Northern Islands, getting to my next stop
From top left: 1.Bus to Klaksvik. 2. Stop over in Klaksvik. 3. A far look to Viðareiði, the Faroe Islands most
northern community. (I got nicely wet while climbing that hill Villingardalsfjall in rain.) 4. A pic of my room in
Hvannasund: apparently, my host is playing drums (which was confirmed later, btw.).
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27 July: The Northern Islands, ferry trip and seals for food
From top left: 1. A look to the Hvannasund harbor in a Wednesday morning. 2. Leaving Hvannasund behind for
a while. 3. Foggy Hattarvík on the island Fugloy. 4. The same Hvannasund harbor three hours later.
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28-29 July: Adventures from Hvannasund to Vágar Airport
From top left: 1. Missed the bus and had to walk through this tunnel there in dark corner on the right (2 km) in
order to catch the next bus on the other side of the mountain. Risk warning: don’t try it. 2. A look to
Árnafjørður. 3. Stop over in Miðvágur: Quite an adventure to find the guest house. 4. Morning walk to the
airport through rain and wind.
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30 July: Reykjavík
From top left: 1. On Free Walking Tour Reykjavik – funny and informative. (Ouch, they do love making jokes on
Danes, in a good way.) 2. Sólfar - the Sun Voyager. 3. Nauthólsvík Beach, the only beach in Reykjavik with sand
from the Atlantic Ocean . 4. A relevant piece of art in the so-called landmark building Perlan.
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31 July: Blue Lagoon and around
From top left: 1. Blue Lagoon, a geothermal spa. 2. Holding a piece of… silicon? What exactly? 3. Blue Lagoon
extension before there is (was) water. 4. A view from the hill nearby.
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1 August: Geysir
From top left: 1. On the way to Geysir: walk in Þingvellir. 2. The area around Geysir. 3. Stokkur erupting (once
every 3-10 minutes), a view from the nearby hill. 4. The Geysir (The English word geyser derives from Geysir.).
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Couple of tips for life that I took home from
Geysir Hestar Guesthouse
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2 August: Gullfoss and Highlands of Iceland
From top left: 1. Probably my best pic of the Gullfoss waterfall – or a part of it, to be precise. 2. Road through
Higlands of Iceland. 3. View to volcanoes and glacier from the bus window. 4. Boiling water in a natural tea pot in
Hveravellir.
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3 August: Akureyri, the Capital of North Iceland
From top left: 1. Hof, a landmark building in Akureyri. 2. Just another street in the town. 3. Road and river.
4. Heart shaped red lights.
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4 August: Walking in Dalvík and around
From top left: 1. Dalvík from above. 2. To the trail. 3. The way. 4. A view from the top on a foggy day.
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5 August: Hrísey
From top left: 1. The ferry is coming to take a group of tourists from Árskógssandur to Hrísey island. 2.
Approaching Hrísey. 3. The Energy Zone here, according to the information board. 4. Life and death go hand in
hand also on this little island with the population of about 200.
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“The Cold Beauty”
(That’s how I felt at that particular moment…)
Picture taken: 5 August 2016, between Hrísey and Árskógssandur
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A bus stop where buses never stop… (As far as I can tell)
Picture taken: 5 August 2016, in Árskógssandur
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6 August: The Great Fish Day in Dalvík
From top left: 1. Some of the 20,000+ guests. 2. The Annual Buffet in Dalvík. 3. Taste of raw fish. 4. Guess
which company is among the sponsors of the event
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7 August: Whale watching with Arctic Sea Tours
From top left: 1. Getting ready. 2. “Catching” a whale with camera. 3. Sea angling; had a pretty good fishing
day, btw. 4. Barbecue, made of the fish that we caught (NOT whales).
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8 August: Grimsey – the Pearl on the Arctic Circle
From top left: 1. The village. 2. Nature and puffins. 3. The northernmost point of Grimsey. 4. Me at the Arctic
Circle Monument
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9-11 August: On the way, stop “in the middle of nowhere”
From top left: 1. Akureyri, once again. 2. A pic from the bus window. 3. Stopover: Staðarskáli N1 petrol station. 4. I
had just booked North Star Hotel Staðarflöt, the best hotel in the middle of nowhere.
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12 August: In Borgarnes
From top left: 1. Another desktop background image . 2. Borgarnes at glance. 3. Monument to Þorgerður Brák.
4. Borgarnes swimming pool (participated in Icelandic ‘pool culture’).
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13-14 August: In Grundarfjörður and around
From top left: 1. A pic of Grundarfjörður, the Iceland’s most photographed mountain Kirkjufell on the background.
2. Staying at a ‘farm in beautiful surroundings’. 3. Tourists taking pics of the surroundings. 4. Locals seem to like
painted rocs.
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15-16 August: Rainy holidays in Borgarnes and Reykjavík
From top left: 1. Another look to Borgarnes. 2. Blómasetrið Homestay, one of the coziest hostels during this trip.
3. Reykjavik – inside Harpa. 4. Tower made of bottles in a dark corner inside Harpa.
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17 August: Walking on the Ice Side (Sólheimajökull glacier)
From top left: 1. Glacier gear: everyone was given an ice ax and crampons. 2. Our tour guides sharing tips for an
ice side walk. 3. 50/50 chance to survive. Ok, thanks to good tour guides our chances to survive were apparently
higher; everybody survived this time . 4. That’s what they are calling the Grand Canyon of Sólheimajökull.
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17 August: Waterfalls
From top left: 1. Skógafoss waterfall, arguably one of the Iceland’s most beautiful waterfalls. 2. Seljalandsfoss ,
according to Wikipedia, one of the best known waterfalls in Iceland. 3. Surroundings of Skógafoss waterfall. 4.
Behind the Seljalandsfoss waterfall.
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18 August: The last pic from Iceland
Ok, this time I did not try it. Missed the edible insects
somehow…
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Fourth stop: Scotland & A(nother) day in London
(Just to visit my brother and have some good time – not all
that excited about specific locations while having been
there several times before.)
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19 August: Arriving to Scotland
From top left: 1.Sure enough: I AM in the “Good Old Scotland”. 2. Edinburgh. 3. V.I.P. Bus from Edinburgh to
Hawick. (V.I.P. bus, because I was the only passenger until the next stop.). 4. Hawick.
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20 August. Visiting Chisholme and Samye Ling
From top left: 1. Chisholme Instituteˇ, the school for getting know yourself & discovering unity. 2.Chisholme Main
House inside. 3. Samye Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist temple in the “coldest and wettest part of the United Kingdom”.
4. Samye Ling, the temple inside.
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21 August: A day in Chisholme
From top left: 1. Sitting in my favorite room in Chicholme Main House. 2. Climbing to the Monument to Man, the
“holy place”. 3. Looking around and finding the Yurt Village. 4. Helping at cleaning after dinner.
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22 August: Moments from Hawick
From top left: 1. Me and those who have been immortalized in the memories of many. 2. A textile exhibition. The
pictured sweets are made of wool, btw. 3. “Dark business” (in the sense of the lightening): My brother making a
purchase in a local steak shop. 4. A view from the park.
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23 August: London, the Science Museum
From top left: 1. Medicine. 2. Human history of driving cars and flying with the airplanes. 3. The Newton World. 4.
The first steps on the road of discovering the universe, immortalized.