March Monthly Mingle - South-African breeze in snowy Tallinn

With the forthcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup we decided to dedicate the March monthly mingle to South-Africa and had a healthy turnout of more than 70 participants.

We were exploring South-Africa as a travelling destination and a country to do business with. Accompanied, of course by some very good South-African wines. Our event partners were South-African Embassy in Helsinki and Kaleva Travel who recently moved to beautiful new premises in Baltika Kvartal. It was the fashion stage of the Baltika Kvartal where our sparkling Mingle took place.

After short speeches, including one from the South-African Ambassador Sobizana Mngqikana and Merike Hallik from Kaleva Travel, it was time to socialize and meet all these new faces. The German-Baltic Chamber was our mingling partner this time which I suppose is only natural as Germany is the main trading partner of South-Africa in Europe. It'll be a shame to beat them both on the way to the final this Summer!

After two hours active mingling we had an exclusive opportunity to do late shopping with great discounts in the Baltika’s Fashion Street. Once again, I got lost after the mingle, this time finding myself in a cigar bar with one of the more vocal Southern Africans to reside in this fair city ... but that's another story

Thanks go to Agnes and Petriina, for organizing another great Monthly Mingle!