Feb. 24—CUMBERLAND, Md. — Cumberland received a visit Thursday from the ambassador of its eastern European sister city of Vilijandi, Estonia.
Ambassador Kristjan Prikk traveled to the area from the Estonian Embassy in Washington, making stops at several area businesses and educational centers during his daylong visit.
“As much as I love my work as a diplomat in Washington, I really cherish every opportunity to get outside the beltway to go see the places — and most importantly, the people — to see what keeps them happy and what keeps them concerned,” Prikk said on his stop at the Western Maryland Works Makerspace facility on Lane Avenue in LaVale.
Cumberland officials established the sister city relationship with Vilijandi in 2013 via Skype, a video and voice conferencing technology created in Estonia.
“Since Cumberland is a sister city to Vilijandi, I wanted to make sure that I…