helsingin sanomat – international edition – foreign: “diary of destruction, 26.-30.12.2004 a personal account by helsingin sanomat editor-in-chief heleena savela, who arrived in thailand minutes after the tsunami engulfed the west coast.”

working out problems, working out problems in a foreign language, working out the foreign language.

2004 ended quietly and 2005 started with a bang. i am really glad last year is behind me. already things in the new year is looking up a little bit. päivi is off to london and rome for a well deserved break in a few weeks, then we are both going to nyc in feb/march…

trachtenburg family slideshow players: mountain trip to old japan – music video. classic classic stuff

every christmas eve, after the dinner has been eaten and the presents have been swapped, finnish families go to the graves of their ancestors and lay candles and some small spruce branches. its incredibly beautiful to walk around the graveyards and see the thousands of candles. i took some photos [set]. some other pics from…