While all of the Swedish-speaking Finns were visiting the states, I was given the opportunity to ask what I deem as difficult Swedish grammar questions. (Don’t think that I’m a terrible hostess…this was after the crayfish/schnapps visar party.) What I got to find out is that time is difficult to talk about in Swedish, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Finland’
Time is Tough in Swedish
Posted in Learning Swedish, tagged Swedish, Finland, Learning Swedish, time on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Road Trip – Last Day, Part One
Posted in Finland, tagged Finland, Santa, Finnish, bastu, sauna, Rovaniemi, hotels on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Road Trip – Last Day
The second day of our road trip found us all the way from Ruka, to the Russian-Finnish border, to the amethyst mine, and ending in Rovaniemi. Once we were in Rovaniemi, we were able to walk around a bit, which was nice. Walking was great to get rid of our “car [...]
Road Trip – First Leg
Posted in Finland, Uncategorized, tagged Finland, Flat Heather, reindeer, road trip, Ruka on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I know that I’ve already written about the first leg of our trip once. Yikes. I was so sleepy that I completely forgot what I’d already finished. Oh well. Here it goes again!
The first leg of our road trip started after Michael’s Fammo’s 94th birthday party. The party was very nice with everyone in [...]
Random Interesting Things From Finland, III
Posted in Finland, tagged birds, Finland, Finnish, mosquitos, rocks, Swedish, translation on June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…At least I think this is the third installment. Oh well, that’s what the little “edit” button is for. Here we go again, still due to a lack of brainpower…
As I’m not an expert on birds, I have no idea whatsoever what type of bird this is. What I can tell you is that its beak [...]
Just Home From the Road Trip!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Finland, border, Santa, reindeer, Sweden, Russia, road trip, Ruka, Rovaniemi, amethyst on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My goodness! We’ve just gotten home from a whirlwind, amazingly fun road trip! It began by Michael, Bitti, and I going to the cabin for two and a half days. We then came home, ran errands, and got ready for Michael’s Fammo’s 94th birthday party. We then helped prepare for the party, enjoyed the party [...]
Things I Forgot…
Posted in Finland, tagged bastu, Finland, Finnish, handicapped sign, parking meter, passport, Swedish on June 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My conscience got the better of me. Need to say a few more things:
Glad födelsedag to Ulf! Happy Happy Birthday! Happy belated birthday to Ben! Also to Lauren and Caitlyn, who’ve had birthdays while we were away. Thank you to my Mom and the rest of my family and friends for keeping in touch! [...]
Random Interesting Things from Finland II
Posted in Finland, tagged cabin, Finland, Finnish, Flat Heather, merry-go-round, Pidro, reindeer, scooters, Swedish on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, I’m tired. We just finished playing another round of Pidro (a card came originating from near Jakobstad), and I’m ready for bed. Only have enough brain power to show a few more cool/interesting/wonderful things from Finland:
This is the ear tag from the reindeer we ate on Monday night. Yummy!
Here Michael and I are playing [...]
The Cabin and Midsummer’s…
Posted in Finland, tagged bastu, cabin, Finland, gulf, Jakobstad, Midsummer's, party on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There’s not much I can say about Midsummer’s other than it is WONDERFUL. A nice, festive, happy party that goes on early into the morning. (Although Michael and I could only stay awake until about 12:30 a.m.) Michael’s aunt & uncle’s friends are just like they are: extremely kind, helpful, and a ton of [...]
Fun in Jakobstad!
Posted in Finland, tagged bastu, dinner, Finland, Jakobstad, light, midsummer, sauna, train on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Soooo…where did I leave off? Oh yes, we’d just gotten onto the train to Jakobstad. When we got on, I immediately thought of Amtrak, as that’s the only train line I’ve been on. But after all of four minutes on the train, I found differences. First, the Finnish trains leave on time. EXACTLY on [...]
