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hullu
stockmann yesterday and this morning, hullut päivät (crazy days) offers. i am no longer under the illusion that finns are reserved. they went crazy when the doors opened, running up five stories to get into the queue for one sale, snatching queue tickets and getting into little fights. that attitude is helping me get back […]
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holidays
currently planning holidays for next year. we have two options. a: i go to ireland for 10-15 days for either christmas or february. päivi goes to london / paris around the same time. b: going to guatemala via nyc for just over two weeks in mid february for a wedding. b is the current favourite. […]
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kometen
svt.se – svt dokumentär. i randomly found a documentary/short film last night on swedish television. it was old footage from the late 1950’s to the early 1970’s stockholm coupled with a fantastic score by leif jordansson. the film is made by stavro and you can find more information about the film kometen (the comet) here. […]
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july
holiday season here in helsinki. everyone gone, trams have 20% less people in them, free newspapers stop publishing, the english language section of the main newspaper isnt being updated, places that have job offers on websites asking you to email them automatically reply straight away to the email saying “olen lomalla” (i am on holidays), […]
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ateenaan
it arrived today, so i decided to go have a look. we first went to the street about a minute from our apartment, but apparently it had already gone by and only coca cola staff collecting bottles were any sign that it had gone through. so a little bit later i cycled to meilahti and […]