i guess i spoke too soon this morning. from my cursory news check this british airways terror plot thing seems to be a big deal after all.
we spent today in paldiski, what used to be a sprawling submarine training facility for the soviet union and now is a sprawling wasteland of decaying soviet architecture. the guide book called the town "hell on earth", so of course mrs. noz and i thought it would be a good place to spendour vacation.
it turned out to not be quite as bad as i imagined. people still live there, among the crumbling concrete buildings that used to house soviet seamen. so the buildings sometimes had a fresh coat of paint or a nice garden in front. we decided to walk to the lighthouse which sits at the north end of the penninsula, right on the baltic sea. so mrs. noz and i had a nice 5-6 km hike up a dusty road past rotting barracks, wildflowers and an impressive looking wind farm. honestly, as shitholes go, i have seen a lot worse. and it was a nice break from the super-cute old town of tallinn (where i am again now).
