ripe raspberries

a rest for the weary

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August 6th 2011
Day 16, Friday, 5th August, 2011 Naantali - Helsinki Yesterday, I woke late. Tiredness must be catching up. The night before we went for a sauna and a swim in the sea, before falling into an exhausted sleep. A quick trip to Heli’s patch of forest nearby before getting on the train back to Helsinki in the early afternoon. The walk in the forest was really lovely, there were still many blue ... read more

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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