Arto's Blog

At the end of July I will be moving to Memmingen, Germany to live together with my girlfriend Sandra. I'm planning to stay there until the end of the year and after that we'll see what to do. Memmingen is a town of about 40000 inhabitants in Bavaria,… more »

I just installed the reCAPTCHA system to prevent comment spam in this blog. Whenever you want to write a comment to one of the articles, you will need to type two words displayed in an image before clicking the "Send comment" button. For example, in the… more »

We've had a beautiful winter in Helsinki this year. Lots of snow everywhere, trees covered in frost, icicles hanging from buildings, ski tracks on the frozen sea leading to nearby islands. The photo on the right is from a weekend camping trip and I… more »

Last January, somebody had made a snow cat in the Helsinki central park. There it was sitting quietly on a wooden plank, smiling and looking at people passing by. I'm sure many of them smiled back and became just a bit happier because of the cat. During… more »

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 of the night.… more »