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| Christmas in Colmar, France |
Friday, December 25, 2015
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Monday, December 21, 2015
Friday, December 11, 2015
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Chicago Near (2) Everything Blue
Closer yet to Chicago, along the wing was stunning blue and horizon-less vista.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Chicago Near (1) Cotton Skies
The final leg of our Helsinki trip last July was Boston-Chicago. JetBlue couldn't seat my wife and me together, and I ended up sitting next to the window. Which I don't necessarily prefer, but nevertheless it affords me a stunning view.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Gymnaestrada - Flags
Gymnaestrada flags stand tall by the bus depot, near the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, where our daughter and her Troupe mates stayed.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
Gymnaestrada - Midnight
The Midnight Sun Special was thrilling, so moving emotionally, on the pitch.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Gymnaestrade - Stadium
On Wednesday evening, July 15th 2015, it was time for some Soul Mama's Kitchen, before we headed to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium to watch the Midnight Sun Special.
Monday, November 9, 2015
Gymnaestrada - Centre
It was Tuesday afternoon, July 14th 2015, and my wife and I walked a couple of miles to the Messukeskus Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre. We arrived at our hotel mid-afternoon, after a long journey from Chicago, and tried to catch our daughter and the troupe at the Centre. But they had already left.
Friday, October 30, 2015
Gymnaestrada - Welcome
So begins my journal on Gymnaestrada, and for us it begin at the Exhibition and Convention Centre in Messukeskus Helsinki.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
Friday, October 16, 2015
Helsinki - Airport
Early on July 17th 2015, on a misty Friday morning, it was time to say goodbye to Helsinki.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Helsinki - Author
Born Alexis Stenvall (10 October 1834 – 31 December 1872) [Aleksis Kivi] was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seven Brothers (Finnish title: Seitsemän veljestä). Although Kivi was among the very earliest authors of prose and lyrics in Finnish language, he is still considered one of the greatest of them all.Reference: Aleksis Kivi
Monday, October 12, 2015
Helsinki - Mannerheimvägen
The rugged column: its paint peeling, the remnants of a bar bolted to it, the lengthy street name. Just a stone's throw to the right is our hotel at Mannerheimvägen 50, 00260 Helsingfors, Finland.
Friday, October 2, 2015
Helsinki - Suomi
I thought Suomi was a city in Finland. But a nearby shopkeeper said it was the Finnish word for Finland.
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