Finland

Lakes, forest, quiet, simply beautiful!

June 20th 2013
On the second weekend of June, I was invited to Scott and Virpi’s wedding in Finland. They both live in Newcastle, Australia, but Virpi is originally from Finland, and so they had decided to celebrate in the village of Hartola, about 180 km north of Helsinki, where Virpi had grown up. When I landed in Helsinki the day before the wedding, it was pouring down with rain, and I was hoping for condi ... 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

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I started this blog in late 2007, before heading off to Australia for a hang gliding adventure. After my first solo flight in a hang glider all I wanted to do was fly as much as possible. I gave up my job as a human resources consultant and headed to Australia to live my dream of hang gliding. When I returned after four months, I wanted to build my life around the sport I loved so much, and I did. I was also determined to make it into the national hang gliding team and started flying competitions with only one year of flying experience. My dream was shattered in earl... full info

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