Blogs from Southwest Finland, Finland, Europe - page 12

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hey im writing again woo hoo! so its silent time. aka time to sleep but im still up. the usual. eating gummies and talking with my roommate sarah. shes from canada! wicked. so today we started language camp. last night was basically just getting over jetlag. aka sleeping. but Lane (sweet texan I met on the plane) and I stayed up the latest out of all the Americans here because we wanted to meet the rest of the kids on the busses from the airport (brazillians, swiss, germans, and so many more!) and to experience the usual late night snack of finland. it was pretty good; bread and butter (with EVERY meal) cucumbers, juice, coffee (always), ham slices and swiss cheese in an open faced sandwhich. oh and we don’t fall asleep here until around 11 ... read more

Turku Triumph Europe » Finland » Turku By jessie_eliciaMay 24th 2007Jessie Smith Hey everyone! Sorry for the long delay in writing. I have been busy finishing the pavilion, moving it to Turku, attending the gallery opening, travelling across Scandinavia, moving to Ireland, and starting a new job. Whew. So here's the first bit, the finished pavilion in all its glory, standing triumphantly in Turku for the next three months with an uncertain future beyond that. The erection went fairly smoothly and the press conference was a breeze. It was a very exciting day seeing the opening of the exhibition... here is a small selection of the hundreds I have.... oops, ... read more

i left london on the 8th and arrived in finland on the 9th at 0130 in the morning to find ellen waiting for me cos she had arrived earlyier she looked like shit we tryed to get what sleep we could and the airport untill our bus came at 0550 i woke up at 0500 only to find i had fallen asleep on my mizpah ring and had mizpah imprint on my face it stayed there for ages looked like a real freak got on the bus the fog was so thick and it was sooo cold i had 6 layer of cloths on and was still cold and looked fat cos of all the cloths got a good look at the country with the bus trip arrived in turku hopeing to put the head down ... read more

The adventure is nearing. After months of searching the internet, traveling to various coastal cities, we found the perfect boat in Finland. It's a 515 Nauticat (currently in dry dock at the Nauticat yard in Turku, just outside Helsinki). Now, we wait until the Baltic Sea thaws, then we set sail! The boat sale was official September 15th, 2006.... read more