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European Christmas Charity Bazaar… Euroopan suurlähetystöjen joulumyyjäiset Kairossa…

November 23, 2008 No Comments

Finland (Irma Mäki & co.) Finnish salted licorice, sooooo goooood! Great-Britain Armenia Portugal Spain, Carmen Turkey We went to the bazaar (organized by European Embassies) and bought Italian salami, Finlandia vodka, Portuguese Porto… There were a lot of people, different kinds of foods…yammy! And of course – very international feeling… Olimme lauantaina Euroopan suurlähetystöjen järjestämässä

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snif!…summer IS over… nyyh! kesä ON ohi…

November 19, 2008 No Comments

last morning swim today… pool water +17, air +18 is faaaar toooo cold to REALLY enjoy the swim… Yes, I know, people in Finland swim in the winter time too, they make a hole, small or big on the ice, in they go and to the sauna after that.Yes, I know the feeling after the

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hope & work=better tomorrow… toivo & työ=parempi huominen…

November 18, 2008 No Comments

We visited the candle workshop and young mothers’ shelter of Hope Village Society (helps street children).In summer SEFE donated a safe melting pot to Hope Village Society’s candleworkshop of young street mothers. “The Society provides special care for the “Young Street Mothers” who are victims of street sexual abuse. The Society works hard to reintegrate

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Expat's life… expatin elämää…

October 31, 2008 No Comments

You leave your home country. Family, friends and all the familiar is behind. The city you have left will always be there, should you wish to return. New environment, new habits,… EVERYTHING is new!You’re excited, you love it all! After some time you have a need to socialize. You meet new acquaintances, friends and perhaps

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weekly shopping… viikko-ostoksilla…

October 30, 2008 No Comments

few prizes / muutamia hintoja – chicken breast / kanan rintafile per kg 37.95 egp / 5.43 e / 7 $ – imported smoked cheese / tuonti savujuusto per kg 67.80 egp / 9.90 e / 12.55 $– organic banana per kg 9.90 egp / 1.39 e / 1.81 $– vileda mop / moppi 105

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when it rains in Cairo… kun Kairossa sataa…

October 28, 2008 No Comments

these photos taken by Nada Enan Mohamed/otti nämä kuvat You remember it was raining last Friday here in Cairo… Nada took these photos from her balcony, El Nasr Street, near Heliopolis, Cairo… a little bit different look than in our garden 🙂 Nämä kuvat on otettu Nadan parvekkeelta viime perjantaina El Nasr Streetiltä, lähellä Heliopolis

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back in time… ajassa taakse päin…

October 26, 2008 No Comments

Oldfashion looking in a modern supermarket near Giza pyramids…Like a dive back to the fifties in a Finnish village shop… Nämä vanhanaikaisen näköiset kaupan kalusteet olivat erään muuten modernin supermarketin nurkassa Gizan pyramidien lähellä…Ihan kuin “ennen vanhaan” suomalaisessa kyläkaupassa…

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