Talking about Estonia
(As American)
Підготував Сергій Голубєв
Comparing Estonia to American cities it
amazes with small-sized towns. Obviously the biggest difference is the people.
However in different towns, either if it is capital or border type, there are
different situations. From one point, the Estonian's are very kind and
hard-working, and on the contrary, who lives in the Russian society becomes
very angry, lazy, and rude, however it happens not at all the times. Like in
USA nationalities stay in their own areas of the city, Estonia is divided into
"Race groups" over the whole country with its one and a half million
population. Frankly speaking, as I have learned from people's opinions, the
number of Russians is decreasing.
As for the service level, it's lower than
ours. Although, many shops, like super-and hyper-markets, which in some
regions are rarity, are open until ten or eleven o'clock. Thus working all day
long is not typical for this country. All the people treat with each other in
this sphere very well. Naturally, market competition have always been present
everywhere.
During holidays people have a good rest,
making up for the next coming week. The shops are even open there, but working
part-time daylight hours. I have been to Estonian Republic in the winter
season, I could not feel delights of lying under the summer sun on the sandy
beaches, as heard from the words of my talkers. Though, the same things and
even better, like I suppose, we should have in Florida or other states of USA,
especially that region, where I used to live to.
Talking of transport, I would like to say
that there are no such strains on it during the rush hour, as we have commonly.
It's a dreadful problem, to try catching a taxi. It is more terrible is to use
untidy and dirty buses on some of the routes in the town.
Summing up all the conditions that you have
in Estonia, the only words describing nation state situation is "a hope in
prosperity "of it. All is just in the future. Maybe inferiority regarding to
other well-growing soon will be forgotten.
