Holiday Themes

Number Two - Shop Windows of The Baltic

Well I said I had some other Baltic Cruise themes to follow and finally I have got round to number two. At first glance the shops all seemed and yet a closer look revealed a very distinct style at each stop, perhaps the shops in this country would look quirky if they were viewed through a visitors eyes! So theme number two is shop windows

The first image was taken in Stockholm, most of the shops reflected the crisp, clean lines typical of most of their designs, this attracted me because I really had no idea what type of 'Very Important Clothes' they were selling or indeed what the monkey had to do with it!!

I enjoy the irony of this image, a man on his phone outside a shop called 'Sound Pollution' !

Aarhus felt very similar to many UK shopping centres. Despite language barriers it is still possible to find amusing sights! I have no idea what the signs say...but really it hardly matters.

It was very difficult to spot shops in St Petersburg. Most of them are tucked away, very different to the shopping centres we are used to. This was a typical tourist souvenir shop and it just had to be taken! Most people didn't seem to spot the irony of the sign!

We loved Tallinn and would very much like to return sometime. The side streets were quaint and pleasant to walk around but everywhere there were stalls selling the usual maps, books and souvenirs. The people seemed happy to have their photographs taken and many are dressed in traditional costume.

This was one of a series of stalls built into the old city walls, they seemed so incongruous, selling warm woolly clothes in the middle of a hot summer, as you can see she wasn't doing much business.

However this shop, the Rizzla stall was doing very well, there was quite a queue to purchase all kinds of tobacco.