Happy Easter

Easter has arrived, and you may think I have some interesting insights to give about the Estonian version of this most important of Christian holidays. I don't! If it wasn't a day off work I wouldn't even know that this weekend was Easter. I had to do a Google search for Estonian easter traditions. What I found made me think that nothing much has changed in this town for 700 odd years:

In the medieval period, Easter was celebrated only for one
day, when aldermen of Tallinn and Riga gathered to the Town
Hall to drink beer or wine. Anu Mänd, who has studied medieval
festivities in Estonia, has indicated that two kegs of dark beer
were consumed at the Easter celebration in 1372, and a keg of
beer was drunk by the Great Guild of Tallinn in 1363

Pretty much sums up my Easter this year in Tallinn, though I'm probably not a good enough drinker to drink two kegs!

I'm not sure how true it is, but I read somewhere recently that Estonia was the least religious of countries in Europe. Being completely atheist, that suits me perfectly well. What I see as sensible pragmatism is just another reason to love this country. But it does leave me with one Question: Will the Easter Bunny still bring me Easter Eggs??!!