We were slowly walking down and mum recognised the song, it was Kikapuu. This is a dance I knew how to do and I was really excited by it. Obviously I did a little recording and sent it to Virmalised via Instagram. It was a pretty cool moment.
After my little tour, mum and I headed to the trout farm, where we were meeting more relatives. We met with Meelike, who is Mum’s Dad’s Brothers Daugther (what a mouthful), her sister and her Grandson, Sten with his partner. Eliisa, Alexander and Barbara, from the day before, also met us there because they were part of this family. Sten had organised two big trouts and slides to have together. They were so fresh as they were just caught and cooked, it was incredible. The setting itself was so beautiful and really designed for families. We had our own little gazebo on the water, away from a lot of the other area and it was lovely just sitting there and people watching from a distance. At one point there was a little family of ducks, with about 10 ducklings. They walked up the bank and there was a small dog who barked at them and the quickly retreated back to the water. I thought this was absolutely adorable. When I was not focused on the distance, we were having wonderful conversations about Estonian life here. I found out that in order to work you have to have physical medical exams every few years, and in most cases, a chest x-ray. This is insane. In Australia your employers couldn’t care less how healthy you are. They have mandates and laws that employers have to provide what you need, especially if you are pregnant, there needs to be a couch in the office so you can lay down and if not, you can work from home. They also told me that if you are not able to get what you need from your employer you can take up to a year and a half off, at full pay! Or they help you find another role. It’s the law. That is insane, I couldn’t imagine if that was the case in Australia. It is sounding more and more appealing to live here! We then had more conversations about many things, some in English, some in Estonian with me kind of translating for Alexander and Barbera at times. At the end we took a family photo which I thought was a great idea but we had to find the sun!
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