The Winter Garden

Touring Toolo

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January 14th 2007
First Saturday alone in Helsinki... I was supposed to go to an International Ladies' Luncheon with a friend of my next door neighbour Liz. She's from Toronto and has family in Thunder Bay but was born in Finland and moved back a few years ago to finish school. She wasn't feeling well yesterday when she woke up so had to cancel, but I spoke to her today we're going to get together later in the we ... 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