Having known very little about the Baltic region, I knew I wanted to go there to have an entirely different professional and social experience. My time in the Baltics exceeded my hopes and expectations, and I would highly recommend people to travel and consider working there. I was met with a wonderfully welcoming office environment at FinEst Centre and was guided in meaningful project work connected to the EU NetZeroCities initiative to promote and achieve smarter, climate neutral cities in Europe. Through the Internship Program organized by Stanford Global Studies and Vabamu, I learned a great deal about Estonian and Latvian occupancy history and the measures being taken, given the current political context, to ensure independence and freedom long-term. I also thoroughly immersed myself in Estonian culture, cuisine, and coffee, and happily savored the Estonian summer sun and short nights while making lifelong friends in the process. I found myself often using one word to articulate my feelings as I walked the forested trails behind my office on my way home from work or as I took in the peaceful streets of the Tallinn city center, and I believe it to be most fitting to describe my overall experience. My summer in the Baltics was, well, simply lovely.