The Baltic Tears
For those who read my blogs with the expectation of a light-hearted read, this is not one such story, in fact, I would say it’s a rather somber tale instead. I was on my way back from Tallin in Estonia. For those unaware, Estonia is the most digital country in the world. The tiny Baltic nation sits at the top end of Eastern Europe, about 80 Km away from Finland and bordering Russia. It is home to a population of just over 1.3m people with over a third of them living in the capital, Tallinn. It has the most Unicorn start-ups (a private company with valuation over $1bil) per capita of any nation in the world with 10. It is also home to the most supermodels per capita, which is something I can attest to. Not the most friendly of people, but nobody said art had to talk, it just has to create feeling and boy did I have the feels as I walked through the streets of Tallinn. However, my story actually takes place in Riga, the capital of Latvia. Latvia is yet another Baltic nation to the south ...