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So my story starts with a picture of Pikk Jalg, a narrow street in old town Tallinn. The gate tower at the end of the road was apparently built in 1380, and at one point the street was the only way into the fortress (i think). I know the street primarily from my grandfather's painting. I spent many hours as a preschool kid staring into this painting. the steeple in the background was in at least a dozen paintings in the living room, and I could probably draw the map of a 5 mile radius just from the paintings i remember. slanted streets and all.