Finland
I took this picture yesterday of Violeta on Pyhäjärvi (Holy Lake). We’ve had a good time here in Finland, and we head back to Russia tomorrow.
As a service to ministries and folks in St. Petersburg, here is a map of flea markets in Finland. I will constantly update the map as we find more kirppisi (actually, kirppikset), so check back as often as you will. And let me know if I need to correct or remove any listings. (Accuracy isn’t [...]
Olga and I are now in Finland. We’re here with Olga’s mother, Tanya, our ‘sister’ Violeta from Montenegro, and our good friend Natasha from Russia. Once again we’re staying at the little cabin by the lake, which comes complete with beautiful sunsets. (Just so you know — it takes us about 5 hours to drive [...]
We are in Finland for just a few days. Olga needs to be in Finland because of some visa restrictions, and I need do a little work with a friend in Helsinki. We return to Russia on Thursday and then go to the States on Monday the 12th. We’re staying at the cabin, Koppero, we’ve [...]
We’re in Finland for a few days staying at the little cabin, named Koppero, that we’ve mentioned before. Because of visa restrictions I must be out of Russia fairly often; it’s just a 5 hour drive here so it’s easy to come over and spend a few days. And it’s nice to have an internet [...]
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This video was made last summer, when Finnish friends visited Russia for a cultural/historical tour of former Finnish sites in what is now Russian Karelia. One member of the trip was Tarmo Kunnas. Tarmo speaks something like eight languages fluently, and he loves to sing folks songs in those languages. Here he’s singing in French: [...]
Olga just created a slideshow of a visit to Finland a couple of years ago. We stay at a small log cabin. The place has a playful name: Koppero, which means ‘hovel’ but it certainly is not. As you can see, it’s on a beautiful lake and has marvelous sunsets. We love it there and [...]
