Hey, better late than never! I have yet to make an intro myself, although I've been here since this January. :D (squiggly lines do strikeout! ~)

Yeah, I'm from Estonia and the rent prices vary a lot here depending in which city you stay in. Lately I've seen that for $600 you might get a decent 2 or 3-room apartment in the more popular, beautiful and safe-ish districts of Tallinn. Me, my guy and our 9-month old currently live in a tiny one-room basement which we pay 300€ (think it's about 310-320 in USD) a month for (plus bills). A couple years ago we could've rented a decent 2-room for that kind of money! Hopefully we're moving somewhere bigger in the summer or coming fall, though.

Damn! The wave story is impressive and a little scary... We don't have waves like that here! Neither do we have tornados or earthquakes. I wonder how many people have tried eating the "powered sugar" sand in your beach. :O

Yay for Rex!