Estonia 2023  Haapsalu
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I love Haapsalu, it's a beautiful seaside town with many art galleries, stunning seaside view, romantic atmosphere, lovely cafes. Sadly, I cannot stay for a night but next time I will!
The beauty of Haapsalu already shines from its train station. A gorgeous building! A great start!!

After passing through a little forest path, you reached the main town. Those delightful colored buildings really cheer you up plus the nice weather the day I visit. Everything was inspiring!

I then visited the very inspiring family-owned gallery "Epp Maria Gallery" in Haapsalu! You can enjoy one of Estonia's most famous artists Epp Maria's wonderful paintings, also the paintings and furniture created by her husband Jaak Arro, the ceramics of her daugther Liisu Arro, the paintings of her mother Imbi Lind!! AND I also bought an album of her father Luulik Kokamägi's artworks!!! Love, love love!!! This place is a treasure for art lovers to visit in Haapsalu.

These ceramics are so exquisite and cute, I wish I can own some of these!! They are made of love for sure and are intended to use for a life-time. It's an art of lifestyle. I love it!

Of course you will not miss the Haapsalu castle. You will be taken as if travel back in time with this absolutely gorgeous castle. I took this shot with the Laowa 10mm f4 cookie lens to achieve its wide angle. The lens is sharp, very happy to take this little boy for fun.

For lunch, I stopped at Cafe Hapsal Dietrich. Their cakes are delicious and looks as good as it tastes. The cake shot was taken by Sigma 20mm f1.4 dg dn art. Love the close focusing capability and the bokeh rendering. Just so artistic!

Look at the street below. IT'S LIKE A ROMANTIC DREAM SCENE!