Chicago Papakoi ja purjetamine Valgerannas

Olen viimase nädala jooksul sattunud Northwestern University kodulinnas Evanstonis (Chicago eeslinn) mitmelgi korral peale erinevatele eestikeelsetele märkidele. Nädal tagasi leidsin ühe mõnusalt haisva raamatuantikvariaadi, kus kõiki külalisi tervitas roheline papagoi. Kauni rohesule kõrval olevale tulbale olid inimesed erinevates keeltes kirjutanud, mis linnuga on tegemist ja nii ka üks tubli kaasmaalane.

Nädalavahetusel paadikuuris järvele minekuks valmistudes peatus mu silm aga meie oma paadikuuri teadetetahvlil – seal oli eestikeelne kutse tulla purjetama Valgeranda. Peaks kutse vanaemale edastama, kuna siin see vist suurt kedagi peale minu ei liigutanud.

Spring in Mickeymouseland

Zebra had too much cheesecake.

rururban Cameroon

It might have been my naiviness to have bought into the Western imagery of rural Africa or simple ignorance, but I was shocked by how urban the two biggest cities of Cameroon – Douala and Yaoundé – were. Yaoundé lies on seven hills and has lush greenery and scenic views from the hills and thanks to the altitude also milder climate. The business capital Douala has painstaking heat and a stressful atmosphere. Fog, cars, taxis, men in ties, pollution, stress. Above is depicted a traffic scene when leaving Douala for Yaoundé. Recent urbanisation in both cities has not yet been met with adequate infrastructure and hence the entries and exits of cities are often bottle necks. Yet urbanism à la camerounaise is always also balanced with elements of what a westerner associates with more rural modes of life. The blue sign below in the middle of this rather rural-looking scene points to where a hospital is located close to the city centre of Yaoundé.

Cameroon

As said – ça se passe ici. Photos from Cameroon start coming.

a threat to American politics?

morning in NYC

Blizzard

Snow extravaganza. Snowfall, lightning and heavy wind with occasional gusts of 60 mph or 96 km/h or 27 m/s or 52 knots. Classes tomorrow are cancelled for the first time in Northwestern’s history since 1979.

 

Approaching Lake Michigan felt like an expotition (espitsioon) worthy of the great adventurer Winnie the Pooh.

 

Jacqueline

il était une fois

Tegelikult ka?

Kas viib mõtted Teise maailmasõja eelsele Euroopale, Saksamaale? Tegu on aga plakatiga Chicago Eesti maja seinalt eelmisel nädalavahetusel. Tänupühade puhul oli seal lubatud esineda marurahvuslasel Jüri Toomepuul, kes on ka VII Riigikogu liige olnud (Eesti Kodanik). Kas üks Eesti maja peaks andma võimaluse oma ruumides esineda kõigile või on seal piirid? Sõnavabaduse piirid?

Hancock Center

875 N Michigan Avenue, Chicago in fog. When erected in 1968, it used to be the tallest building in the world outside of New York. Now it remains the fourth-tallest in Chicago.