Estonians Live for Summer

In the summer, the corners of Estonians’ mouths move up a little. People are happy, and even smile. In the winter, people look at a smiling person and wonder, “Are they alright?”

In the summer, people live, enjoy life, celebrate, fall in love, get married, eat well, and talk to each other. City life in winter is mandatory, but the big things in life happen in the summer.

Even the most hardened urbanite wants to put his hand in Estonian soil. A hundred years ago, Estonians called themselves a “country people”. The name still applies today. Estonians always need to have a little soil under their fingernails.

The Estonian summer is short. The weather is unpredictable. It is often cool and rainy, but the weather can also be very hot. In any case, Estonians make the most of summer. People sunbathe on the sandy beaches of Pirita, Pärnu, and Narva-Jõesuu as early as April. On winter trips to southern countries, Estonians put on a swimsuit and jump into the water, even if the temperature is below fifteen degrees.

In Estonia, there are parties, concerts and events all the time. There can be several of them in different parts of the country on the same weekend. Many Estonians eagerly attend summer events. Others go hiking in the forests and bogs. Some just relax at a summer cottage or on the beach.

Although Estonians enjoy what holiday destinations have to offer, some people travel to the countryside every summer to visit their relatives. Cottages and grandmothers’ homes are filled with cousins ​​and friends. It’s so good to be together.

In the summer, no Estonian travels anywhere from Estonia. Foreign trips are made in the winter. This is already reflected in the statistics. Summer vacations are incredibly busy. All the work that occupied Estonians’ minds during the winter has to be undone during the month-long vacation. This is even stressful for some.

The lawn needs to be mowed, the terrace needs to be renewed, potatoes and other seedlings planted, there’s major cleaning, mushrooms and berries need to be picked… In other words, there is work to be done during the holidays, but it is different from the work done in the winter.

In the olden days, a lot of work was also done in the summer, the land was cultivated and the harvest was reaped. This was so they could survive the winter. However, summer is still the time when Estonians truly live.

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