Road Trip – Day Two
After waking up a bit late (thank goodness) we had a wonderful breakfast of grönsaker, sill, and knäckebröd. When we got back into the car, our first stop was going to be a bit further north-east to the Russian-Finnish border at Salla. On our way there, we spotted even more reindeer [...]
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Road Trip – Day Two!
Posted in Finland, tagged Amethyst Mine, Anthill, Finnish Border, Mining, Pyha, reindeer, Russian Border on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Just Home From the Road Trip!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged amethyst, border, Finland, reindeer, road trip, Rovaniemi, Ruka, Russia, Santa, Sweden 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 [...]
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 [...]
Last Two Days in Helsingfors
Posted in Finland, tagged Ateneum, daylight, H&M, Helsingfors, Jakobstad, Pekka Halonen, reindeer, train on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On our second to last day in Helsingfors, Tuesday, we went to the now-open Ateneum museum to see the Pekka Halonen show. I am so happy that we were able to see the show, as he is now one of my favorite painters. His work is just amazing! Here are a few links: http://www.ateneum.fi/default.asp?docId=11876 (For [...]
