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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Finnish’
Road Trip – Last Day, Part One
Posted in Finland, tagged bastu, Finland, Finnish, hotels, Rovaniemi, Santa, sauna on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Random Interesting Finnish Things…
Posted in Finland, tagged buses, Finnish, Helsingfors, silverware, Swedish, tram, words on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve just returned from the Midsummer’s party, and I’m tired. (That odd kind of tired when all you’ve been doing is relaxing and partying…that “vacation” tired.) I don’t have much brain power, so I’m going to show some things I find interesting. Hope you’ll enjoy these:
Sign in the “underground” mall in Helsingfors. Finnish [...]
Lovely Finnish Art!
Posted in Wonderful Finnish Things!, tagged Art, Finland, Finnish, Sanna Annukka, Silkscreening on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, how excited I am for our trip. I can’t keep myself from looking at new-to-me Finnish things/people/art/and various wonderful things. One such person and their art is Sanna Annukka. Oh, how I love her and her art! She’s a silkscreener, which I love. I love silkscreening, but oh goodness, it takes an amazing [...]
