Blogs from Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland, Europe - page 2

Tämä bloki sisältää havaintoja ja Kokemuksia Aasian matkalta. Pyrin analysoimaan tarkkaan erilaisia tuntemuksiani eli kertomaan, mikä herätti ihmetystä, mikä kunnioitusta, mikä kauhistutti tai ihastutti. Tapahtumaselostusten lisäksi pyrin kertomaan kaikista kohtaamistani kulttuureista; ihmisten erilaisista tavoista ja näkemyksistä. Haluan oppia jokaisesta kulttuurista jotain ja näin kehittyä ajattelemaan laaja-alaisemmin! Ennen kaikkea haluan löytää vaihtoehtoisia elämäntapoja meidän länsimaiselle kulultuskeskeiselle elämäntavalle. Haluan nähdä, että tätä elämää voi elää muullakin tavoin kuin ostamiskeskeisesti. Tiedän tosin, että materialismi on ottanut vallan jo monen aasialaisenkin ihmisen elämässä, mutta uskon että pienistä kylistä löydän vielä toisenlaisiakin elämäntyylejä.... read more

Hi everyone we are in Raahe in Finland the birthplace of our new sister in law, aunty etc Anu having a great time. the sun does not set here until around 12 oclock at night, in fact at 11 thirty last night it was still shining away! very amazing and it is önly dark for a couple of hours, and not completely dark at that. Trevor and Anu's wedding was fantastic with a great ceremony taken by a really interesting woman priest, who was in her words at one thirty at night "the drunkest virgin on the bus" back to our beach houses where she continued to party until at least 4 oclock in the morning. A really great lady. Anu looked gorgeous and the ceremony was in both english and finnish with translations done all ... read more

Hey Everyone, Were writing to you from lovely Oulu where its always raining!!! We arrived on May 22 at 9 pm and it was beautiful out. The sun set at 11:00 pm and we got to watch some of it from the ocean side beach near our cabin. Unfortunately, that was the only sun we have seen in our 5 days here... We finally found the library where we could use the internet, but low and behold, there was some sort of holiday yesterday and everything was closed. Our campsite is awesome and we've been enjoying our time in this small, picturesque town. Tomorrow morning, we leave for Helsinki again where we will spend the remainder of our trip before heading home on Tuesday morning. Finland has been an excellent place to visit and we will ... read more

Motorhome News from Europe 26 Sweden 5th July 2005 Across the Arctic Circle - twice; and into Finland If I asked you to paint me a picture of Lapland, it would of course have to include reindeer, wouldn’t it? It would also probably show Lapps in reindeer-skin coats, hood covered heads down, pulling a sleigh in a snow and wind-lashed landscape. Things have changed a bit. These days Sami, the indigenous people of Saapmi go about their business un-noticed and herding on foot is almost a thing of the past. The reindeer live freely in the forest and they are now only gathered together for separating and marking of new calves. Many Sami herd their beasts by snowmobile, 4 X 4 or helicopter nowadays and their traditional costume is generally reserved for special festive occasions. About ... read more