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On the second of August, after a good week of rest, I went with Kadri and Kaia (and other volunteers, one of them a local journalist) to Karula, sleeping in the very house I slept in one month prior. 

We went there to complete what had been done there: pulling out the Himalayan bastardos Impatiens glandulifera. Indeed, they are too many of them for us to get rid of them all in a few days. We were, however, delighted to see that after a couple of years a hard work, their numbers have dwindled and reduced the amount of work we had to do (The work is not over yet). 

This allowed us to relax earlier than expected Saturday (we went on a very lovely hike). It was already unexpected that we'd been to Lake Pühajärv on our way to Karula, relaxing and swimming, as well as playing on an Estonian big swing. 

It was also a surprise that a biking marathon was organised on Saturday at the house. Finally, another beautiful surprise: we visited on Sunday a beekeeper, who explained us a lot of things about bees and beekeeping. Did you know that the first Estonian beekeepers carved holes in trees to shelter beehives? I didn't, and we also learned about the history of Southern Estonia (which involves Russians, Swedes and Germans of course).

We tried their honey, as well  a very, very (very!) strong alcohol, based on honey, and then went back home on Sunday.

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