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Who Says Friday the 13th is Unlucky? Me

The week after we came back from St. Petersburg had a quickly changing situation due to corona virus.  UEF began discussing the need to restrict...

Back in Kuopio

When we came back to Kuopio we were greeted by fresh snow on the walkway that we take to get to work. We also saw...

St. Petersburg – Other sites

While in St. Petersburg we also visited several other sites including the Savior on the Spilled Blood church.  This church was built in the 1880s...

Lapland Deux – Last Day (March 1)

As you might appreciate we fell behind with the blog for a while. Our last day in Lapland was spent going on another dog sled...

Lapland Deux: Day 3

Our last night in Lapland was also spent in search of the Northern Lights,  We ended up on a small bridge over the Paatsjoki River...

Lapland Deux Day 2: NORTHERN LIGHTS

About midnight Friday (FEB 28th) night the aurora became visible directly overhead.  Although the colors we could see remained mostly white with hints of green...