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Rose Bowl and Tula, Hidalgo January 2023

Pedroza Place Posted on January 12, 2023 by adminFebruary 12, 2023

Starting off the year I went to the Rose Bowl Parade by myself because it was on January 2nd, and it was a Monday. It was not a regular Rose Parade. Thefloats were spectacular as always but there were some … Continue reading →

Posted in Mesoamerica, Mexico | Tagged Hidalgo, Mexico, mexico travel, Rose Bowl parade 2023, Tula | Leave a reply

December 2023 Travels

Pedroza Place Posted on December 25, 2022 by adminFebruary 12, 2023

I am a little behind on my blogging but I want to document my adventures. I do want to document the cool things I saw. This is what I did in December. Early December we went on a cruise on … Continue reading →

Posted in Mexico | Tagged cruising, mexico travel, Panorama, review of Carnival Panorama | Leave a reply

24 Hrs. in Stockholm, Sweden

Pedroza Place Posted on November 23, 2022 by adminNovember 16, 2022

Date Visited: 07/27/22 The deal we got with Norwegian Cruises came with included flights, it was a good thing but was also frustrating because we didn’t get any control over our flights and we learned afterwards that you can request, … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitols, Sweden, Sweden, World Capitols | Tagged 24 hours in stockholm, baltic adventure, baltic countries, baltic cruise, europe, one day in stockholm, queens hotel, Stockholm, sweden, swedish travel, travel in stockhol, travel in the baltics, what to do in stockholm, world capital, world capitols | Leave a reply

Visby, Sweden Capital of Gotland

Pedroza Place Posted on November 16, 2022 by adminNovember 21, 2022

Date Visited: 7/26/22 The Island of Gotland started as a viking city state that by the year 1225 had been basically sold to the Hanseatic League. The island however is very strategic and therefore was constantly being ransacked by different … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, Sweden, World Travel | Tagged baltic cruise, baltics, gotland, medieval, sweden, viking capital, visby | Leave a reply

Kotka, Finland

Pedroza Place Posted on November 14, 2022 by adminNovember 13, 2022

Date Visited: 7/25/22 Kotka, Finland was not part of the plan when we booked our cruise through the Baltics. We were supposed to go to St. Petersburg, Russia, but with the Ukranian war that wasn’t going to happen. Cruise ships … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, Finland, World Travel | Tagged baltic adventure, baltic cruise, elderp, finland, Kotka, pedrozatravel, russian border, shipping, what to do in Kotka | Leave a reply

Tallinn Capitol of Estonia

Date Visited: 7/27/22
Estonia is a fascinating country, but very little is known or taught about this country in the United States. Historically, Estonia is a country that has been kicked around and claimed by many different countries. Following the middle ages Estonia started out as a Danish colony in 1219, but then was taken over by Sweden, and then again by the Russian Empire. By 1918 Estonia was done being claimed as anyone’s territory and formed the Republic of Estonia, but even that wasn’t really respected because Communist Russia quickly claimed Estonia as part of the USSR.

1944 to 1991 in Estonia was a very harsh time. Deep within the iron curtain Russia was the defacto ruler of the country. Nothing happened in Estonia without the approval of Moscow. Prison camps and death were common. In 1949 there was an uprising and Russia sent 20,722 (2.5% of the entire Estonian population at that time) to work camps in Siberia. The straw that probably broke “the camel’s back” was when Russia decided that Estonia would house the sailing events for the 1980 Olympics.

The Estonian Presidential Palace.
The old summer palace of the Czar is now a museum.
Very true.

The protest posters at the Russian Embassy.
The main plaza in old town Tallinn
If Tallinn looks very German, it is because Germans also at one point took over Estonia.

The Viru Gate.
The Festival Grounds is where Estonians sung their way to freedom.
Legend has it that it was from this tower a Danish soldier fell over his sword and made what is today the Danish flag.

Estonia wanted independence but it was missing a big thing, guns. It had nothing to defend itself, but the people wanted independence. So Estonians decided they were going to protest the only way they knew how and that was to sing. It took a lot of singing, they got together and started singing on June 14, 1987 and kept singing all the way to September 6, 1991. This was when the Soviet Union officially signed documents recognizing Estonia’s independence. They were the first country to ever win their independence by singing.

Estonia used to be the summer residence for the Czar of Russia and therefore has some beautiful buildings, but the newly formed government wanted to show themselves to be a true democracy and not have any vestiges of Russia, so they took all the old buildings and made them into museums.

There is a mixture of new and old in Tallinn. There is kind of three parts to the city. There is the modern area, the museum area, and the medieval area surrounded by a huge medieval wall. We had a Tallinn card when we were there and it included transportation on the tram, which was very convenient because it crossed all three areas of the city. There is also uber in the city and that helped as well.

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November 12, 2022 by admin Posted in Capitols, Estonia, Europe, World Capitols Tagged a day in Estonia, Capital of Estonia, communist Russia, Estonia, Estonian palace, how estonia got it's freedom, places to visit in estonia, Tallinn, USSR Reply

Helsinki Capital of Finland

Pedroza Place Posted on October 17, 2022 by adminOctober 17, 2022

Date Visited: 7/25/22 Finland as an independent country is relatively new. Despite being a unique and culturally rich land, it has been occupied for centuries. Sometimes it has been voluntary and other times not so much. Having to be constantly … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, Finland, World Capitols | Tagged baltics, capital of finland, elderp, europe, european capitals, finland, finnish capital, helsinki, northern europe, pedroza travel, pedrozatravel | Leave a reply

The Pedrozas and the Demigods

Pedroza Place Posted on October 15, 2022 by adminOctober 15, 2022

Date Visited: August 20, 2022 In Rick Riordan’s the World of Percy Jackson, Percy discovers that the United States is the new Greece. So it is not surprising that some of us might have Demigod powers and not even know … Continue reading →

Posted in Road Trips, Weekend Travel | Tagged california day trip, california museum, california travel, demigod, demigods tour, egyptian art, elderp, Getty Villa, greek art, malibu, pedroza travel, pedrozatravel, Percy Jackson, percy jackson tour, roman art, villa | Leave a reply

Turning into a Superhero in Klaipeda, Lithuania

Pedroza Place Posted on September 15, 2022 by adminSeptember 12, 2022

All great superheros come with a great origin story and being no different, I too have origin story of epic proportions. I would like to start my story by saying it started on a “dark and stormy night,” but unfortunately … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, Lithuania, World Travel | Tagged baltic countries, baltic cruise, baltics, cyrillic, elderp, hiking in europe, hiring a driver in lithuania, kallingrad, klaipeda, lithuania, pedroza travel, visiting europe, witches hill | 1 Reply

The Unexpected Port of Karlskrona

Pedroza Place Posted on September 11, 2022 by adminSeptember 11, 2022

When we were originally planning our Baltic cruise there were several ports that got changed along the way. Karlskrona, Sweden was one of the ports I wasn’t excepting. I knew we would eventually end up in Stockholm, but I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged baltic cruise, baltics, carlscrona, elderp, europe, european travel, karlskrona, Norwegian, norwegian cruise, pedroza travel, pedrozatravel, port town, russian submarine at karlskrona, sweden, sweden navy base, swedish navy, swedish port city, what is it like on a baltic cruise | 1 Reply

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