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1215th post

  makroviikko/macro week challenge #85   teema / theme:   joulukoriste // xmas ornament     Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:    Stressitöntä loppuvuotta kaikille! Blogini jää talvilomalle – palaan tammikuun lopussa silmäoperaation jälkeen. Makroillaan taas vuonna 2013 🙂       Other entries:   Shadow Shot Sunday2     Sundays In My City  

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Sydney Circular Quay

 Sydney is a very beautiful city. I took almost 2 000 pictures so naturally I have to show you a few of them 🙂     Sydney Circular Quay Circular Quay is the hub of Sydney Harbour, situated at a small inlet called Sydney Cove, the founding site for Sydney and Australia.    

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we are in…

a city of beautiful old buildings   buses using natural gas   you can walk everywhere!   on Sunday pubs closed at 10 pm   there are a zillion cafes where you can sit and relax   a lot of green   it’s clean   you can find everything in this city   this city

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did you know this about the Atlantic Ocean…

    The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world’s five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). The Kiel Canal (Germany), Oresund (Denmark-Sweden), Bosporus (Turkey), Strait of Gibraltar (Morocco-Spain), and the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Canada-US) are important strategic access waterways. The decision by

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Merry Christmas! Happy holidays!

I’m on my way back to Casa. I should be there on Thursday but as you all know there’s a chaos in Europe because of the snow. There’s more snow in Helsinki than in Lapland! UPDATE: I made it back to Casa almost on time! Lufthansa‘s staff was REALLY nice and did their best for

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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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let it snow, let it snow…

We’re getting more and more snow in Finland! 21.11.2010     21.11.2011     21.11.2010 at 11:30 am     21.11.2010 at 11:30 am     21.11.2010 at 11:30 am     Ruttopuisto / Plague Park, Helsinki, Finland 23.11.2010 at 3:38 pm         Katja Öhrnberg and the same park 1.9.2009   Paula

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greetings from Helsinki – again!

bbrrrrrrrrrrrrrr – it’s cold in Helsinki! Today it was about +1 C / 33.8 F and windy… This is how the Helsinki central railway station looked today at midday     my previous posts from   Helsinki 29.9.2010   Helsinki 4.10.2010   Helsinki 6.10.2010   Helsinki 20.10.2010   I’ll be very busy during my stay

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