By David DormanI’m sitting at RDU (its Friday April 22nd) awaiting the start of a journey that will return me to Finland. I have been fortunate to... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanThe week after we came back from St. Petersburg had a quickly changing situation due to corona virus. UEF began discussing the need to restrict... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanWhen we came back to Kuopio we were greeted by fresh snow on the walkway that we take to get to work. We also saw... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanWhile in St. Petersburg we also visited several other sites including the Savior on the Spilled Blood church. This church was built in the 1880s... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanThe Hermitage collection is so large that there is no way you can see most of it in any single day. We (along with lots... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanWr went to the Hermitage Museum which is the 2nd largest art museum in the world. The complex includes the Winter Palace. A portion of... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanMelanie and I went to St. Petersburg using the Allegro train that runs from Kouvola Finland to Saint Petersburg Russia. The train takes about two... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanAs you might appreciate we fell behind with the blog for a while. Our last day in Lapland was spent going on another dog sled... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanOur last night in Lapland was also spent in search of the Northern Lights, We ended up on a small bridge over the Paatsjoki River... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanAbout midnight Friday (FEB 28th) night the aurora became visible directly overhead. Although the colors we could see remained mostly white with hints of green... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanMelanie and I decided to revisit Lapland before the days become too long and aurora hunting ends in early April. We also want another try... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanWe had a chance a week ago to visit the capital of Estonia, Tallinn, for a short three-day weekend. Tallinn is a relatively short (55... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanIt’s been a relatively busy past few weeks so I have fallen behind on my blog posts. The weather continues to have daytime high temperatures... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanWe attended our first Finnish PhD defense a few weeks ago. When compared to PhD defenses held at NCSU it can be best described as very... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanOur last day in Lapland (February 4th) promised to be our last chance to see the Northern Lights during our stay. Each of the preceding... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanToday, February 6th is celebrated in Finland and several other Nordic countries as Sámi National Day. In Lapland the day is marked with a variety... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanMelanie and I had an opportunity to visit Lapland over a long weekend. We stayed at the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort. We stayed for four days... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanGreetings from Finland – today (February 5th) celebrates the birthday of Finland’s national poet – Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Runeberg is known for Maamme the Finnish... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanFinland is roughly 80% the size of California with approximately 33% of the country situated above the Arctic Circle (next weekends adventure – stay tuned). ... |Updates from Finland
By David DormanAbout half of my fellow Fulbrighters here in Finland are K-12 teachers back in the US. These teachers are part of the Fulbright Teacher Exchange...