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it's here!!!

  S P R I N G!           I had a long walk with a friend and her 1 yr old daughter. I love walking here!!!! Tomorrow our stuff from the container here in Helsinki is going be moved in. I wonder if my bicycle and kick bike are still okay…

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sunny Saturday in Helsinki…

  Saturday was Mikael Agricola’s Day, Finnish Language Day, an official Finnish flag day.     It was a beautiful day on Saturday… Helsinki Central railway station               Our leading department store, Stockmann, had ‘Hullut Päivät’ – ‘The Crazy Days’… a lot of people hunting special offers… Too many

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shoes – what are they made of?

  Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny day in Helsinki.   A couple of more days and all the snow is gone! 🙂         I had shopping to do. On my way back home I was wondering why the bus floor was so soft… I sat down and looked at my shoe –

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two weeks to go…

  …and then we have parliamentary elections in Finland on Sunday 17 April 2011   We did some shopping on Saturday in the heart of Helsinki and I noticed election bustle going on…             It’s been grey and rainy in Helsinki but finally on Tuesday we should see the sun

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what a nightmare…

  What a nightmare life has been since last Friday. On Fri afternoon I went to our new flat. It was not cleaned even if it’s ‘commercial custom’ here. I booked cleaning staff for tomorrow morning. They’re going to clean the whole place. Every detail.   Previous owner just took all their stuff and didn’t

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Greetings from Helsinki!

  Hi everybody! Here I am in Helsinki, Finland. It’s almost spring, only a little bit snow left… +4 (39 F)   Frankfurt airport early morning 17.3.2011     Sky from a plane window     Welcome to Finland!                     Helsinki airport at 1 pm 17.3.2011

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snow, snow, snow…noise, noise, noise…

I can’t remember last time I’ve seen so much snow in Helsinki! I shot a zillion pictures – here are a few of them.       These two pics were shot 19.12.2010 I wonder when this car will see daylight again…   I had a dinner at my mom’s home – it looked like

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more art in Kiasma and snow in Helsinki!

My previous post from Kiasma is here. Beautiful mandala type of work…     glittering skulls…   My eyes like mandala pattern…     I really like Ian Davenport‘s art (as well as Jason Martin’s!) 🙂 This is called Puddle Painting: magenta   1. detail of the painting     2. detail of the painting

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shots from a moving bus…

Hi everyone! Still in Helsinki, Finland. I’ve been very busy selling a flat and buying a new one. Planning, meetings, packing… Only a few days left and too much to do.   These pics I shot while sitting in a bus. Sorry about the quality…   Top: Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Left: “Little parliament

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