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1 - We doctoral students ganged up to check out Tallinn's attractions...
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2 - ...including the stalls in the town square....
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3 - Olde Hansa provided a remarkable dinner on the first night of the conference
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4 - random kids looking a bit alarmed at one of the Christmas characters
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5 - A few survivors of the harrowing doctoral students' colloquium...
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8 - the last night of the conference a few of us headed out sample the nightlife and ended up in this rather rustic looking basement...
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9 - Pooja (on the left) did a marvellous job of her doctoral presentation, and took 1st prize. I'm trying not to sneeze.
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