Ramada Hotel Airport Vantaa

... Place is famous for the museum of Modern Art, dedicated Andy Warhol. As you might know or might not, Andy's parents lived in close by village Mikova, before they moved to U.S.A. Althoght, he has never been there, he kept in touch with his family back there. Museum built there has a lot of copies, but presumably couple of originals from Andy's work. Well, I asked while buying tickets how ...

Ensimmäinen lentomme (Rovaniemi-Helsinki siis) oli vartin myöhässä ilmeisesti Helsingin sumuisen sään vuoksi. Siskon perheessä oli luettu AMATSIN BLOGIA tarkkaan ja iloiseksi yllätykseksemme Mohammed oli tullut meitä vastaan. Autokyyti vei suoraan Tikkurilan uimahallin etuovelle, mikä oli erityisen mukavaa, sillä loskassa tarpominen kesäisillä kengillämme ei juuri ...

... Lutheran Cathedral. We came upon it as a wedding party was assembling for photos in the square in front of the church. Popped through a little indor market to get some sandwiches for our late lunch. We took a ferry out into the Baltic Sea to an old island called Suomelinna. It has been a defence island, and was occupied up into last century with forces. An excellent place to hike around, and stop for a picnic. Next day we hiked around ...

... of the Election. In response to the credit crisis, bank meltdown, government takeover being perpetuated at the moment, I think some guy put it best somewhere in the New York Times website that the government has figured out how to "publicize the debt and privatize the profits." It could, I suppose, be a lot worse, but it could also get a lot worse. It's hard to figure out what exactly is happening, and everyone, it seems, has an equally valid but ...

... the stairs to the cathedral, took some more photos looking DOWN on the square, and then went in to the cathedral. There was a wedding rehearsal going on at the time, but also tourists moving around. The bride's father (I'd guess) was taking photos of the couple while tourists were photographing the building & its (elegant but simple) decorations. After the square we wandered back down to near the water and then were heading back towards our hotel ...

... two sweet furballs :) Saw Tuija & Gavin on Wed, was so nice to chat with them! They're well and Tuija will be visiting Preston soon :) Today I'll see Heidi, I'm sure you all want to send your love to her! ;) Next week I'll go to Turku (two hours away from here) and celebrate (mourn, it should be! heh) the ending of summer there, we're gonna go to the camping area and have a good craic! But the truth to be told, summer has just begun here! It's scorchingly hot here and I've ...

... du matin hier ... apres la soiree jai casser la croute avec Marie pendant que P-L nous offrait une ambiance de ronflements melodiques. Bon assez parler je vous envoi ces photos ( En passant le Sauna en haut de 100 degres c'est a essayer ... on peut quasiment sentir l'eau bouillir dans notre corps )

... et oui ) avec elle, son chum et son frere. Avec Alain, son pere on parle toujours Francais ( il est parisien ) donc lorsqu'on devient paresseux il casse la barriere de language entre nous et Marie. Hier, nous etions tous les 3 un peu gener mais aujourd'hui nous avons decide de parler anglais et maintenant nous sommes plus sociable. Nous prenons le train demain matin pour le centre ...

... and Hungarian language are very similar. That's not true. They are only grouped into one group, because they are so different from all the other indo-european languages. If you are interested in learning Finnish, there are some excellent websites around. One of them is provided by the Finnish state TV (YLE): www.yle.fi/opinportti/supisuomea/ Another one is provided by ...

... of water, and your head is cleared for hours--gonna have to bring some of that home with me I think... Speaking of cold....it's a bit chilly here... Nice though, crisp and fall-like. Leaves changing color and all that....makes me miss Chico! Actually, Finland (or what I've seen of it) reminds me a bit of Michigan--flat and green :) The city of Helsinki itself is nice. It's the biggest city in Finland ...