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My new travel companion
Posted: 2009-11-30 23:03:37, Categories: Travel, General, Finland, Norway, Hospitality exchange, Germany, 487 words (permalink)In the picture you can see me and Sandra on the way to Mt. Roan in
Norway. She is my new companion on my travels — and in life.
We met in Helsinki in March 2009 at a Hospitality Club sauna party and
ended up cooking together in the middle… more »
In late March, a white hall appeared on the Kaisaniemi
field in the center of Helsinki. Inside in the middle of it stood a
pile of one hundred tons of clay. For ten days, anybody could sign
up as a volunteer, step in the hall and get creative. O… more »
Celebration of winter in the south
Posted: 2009-02-18 00:59:34, Categories: Travel, Finland, Helsinki, 263 words (permalink)For the last couple of weeks there has been enough snow for skiing
also in southern Finland, including Helsinki where I live. Last winter
there was never snow for more than a few days which makes it feel even
more special now. The sea has received a… more »
Privacy and Lex Nokia surveillance law
Posted: 2009-01-31 02:05:49, Categories: Finland, Helsinki, Politics, 484 words (permalink)Hand in hand with the introduction of new surveillance systems, methods and laws, personal right to privacy is eroding bit by bit. Latest addition in Finland is the law proposal dubbed as Lex Nokia (full text in Finnish). It has raised quite a few critic… more »
Cheap flights and Japan at the Helsinki travel fair
Posted: 2009-01-26 21:53:49, Categories: Travel, Japan, Helsinki, Ecology, 445 words (permalink)The yearly Helsinki travel fair held during the third weekend of
January had a timely official theme: Vastuu yhteisestä maailmasta
(Responsibility of our common world). However, another
theme emerged more prominently: Fly far and cheap.
Finnair, Ai… more »
