von Michael Hieslmair | Jul 28, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
Stopover at the Estonian Road Museum in Varbuse, located in southern part of Estonia, displaying the history of the construction of roads from ancient times to the present, but also the development of vehicles for building roads and those driving on them, and even the development from old post stations to gas station. Unfortunately it was closed – like almost every museum in the EU on Mondays. But we walked through the outdoor part – a very intriguing staging of stretches of roads and their ’nodes‘ at different times. We’ve to come back again! Very nice: an old Lada full with consumer items imported from West Berlin! ...
von Michael Hieslmair | Jul 28, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
What a fancy system – operated by a private company on behalf of the EU administration. For crossing the Estonian/ Russian border at Luhamaa one has to draw a number and park the car at the waiting area. In the meanwhile one can also use the facilities inside the terminal – having coffee and watching the truckers getting their customs documents processed....
von Michael Hieslmair | Jul 28, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
After we recognized that we crossed the border between Lithuania and Latvia we immediately made a U-turn to take a closer look at the abandoned terminal. We were wondering how long these border station was in...
