School Run

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, I stroll Chloe across central Tartu to get to her school by 8.00 am or so. Its a pleasant walk through the heart of the old part of town. After crossing the main pedestrian bridge we walk across the Central Square (see above) and then turn the corner and go past the University Main Building;


This is known to all Estonian because it appears on the back of the 2 Kroon banknote (worth about 20 U.S. cents, or 10 pence).


The last part of the walk takes us up and around the central (and only) hill in Tartu, and site of the original medieval castle that formed the core of the first settlement here. Once I've dropped Chloe off I head back down the hill to my "office in Estonia" (as Chloe refers to it), located a couple of hundred yards from the Main Building pictured above. Incidentally, the building in the foreground of the photo on the left dates from the late 18th century, and it is where I give my Wednesday lectures.

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