Finland

Mike on August 24th, 2010

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.

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Mike on August 22nd, 2010

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 [...]

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Mike on August 21st, 2010

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 [...]

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Mike on April 5th, 2010

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 [...]

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Mike on June 28th, 2009

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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Mike on June 15th, 2009

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: [...]

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Mike on May 6th, 2009

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 [...]

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