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Return to Finland (2022)
I’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...
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...
St. Petersburg Russia – Hermitage Museum Day 2 (March 8th)
The Hermitage collection is so large that there is no way you can see most of it in any single day. We (along with lots...
St. Petersburg Russia – Hermitage Museum (March 7th)
Wr went to the Hermitage Museum which is the 2nd largest art museum in the world. The complex includes the Winter Palace. A portion of...
St. Petersburg Russia – Catherine Palace (March 6th)
Melanie and I went to St. Petersburg using the Allegro train that runs from Kouvola Finland to Saint Petersburg Russia. The train takes about two...
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...