The sauna cottage

Summer Cottage by the lake

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July 22nd 2011
Day two Friday 22st July, 2011 near Jyvaskyla (pronounced – Youh-Vas-kou lah) The light here has seriously messed with my head. I fell into an exhausted coma local time 9pm last night. It was still daylight. My body clock at that stage said 4.30am – nearly 48 hours on about 3 hours of sleep. I woke sometime later, feeling refreshed, looked out of the window and thought that dawn is breaki ... read more

Europe » Finland » Central Finland » Jyväskylä

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Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its f... ... read more