Ok the new place is here! We moved the blog to this new site. Hope you like it! On the familiar side, we visited the Indiana dunes national park recently. Really pretty fall colors and perfect temperatures!
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August in Chicago
There’s quite a bit to report on from August! We’ve already posted photos of Finland (first week of August) and the air and water show (weekend in mid-August), so now I’m going to go back to the second week of the month and go right through to Sept 1 for…
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THE AIR AND WATER SHOW
This weekend we had front row seats at the annual Chicago Air and Water Show, one of the biggest airshows in the world! Because Liam works at the big water purification plant by Navy Pier, all employees and their families are able to enter the facility to view the show…
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Back to Helsinki, sauna
We got an early train from Vaasa back to Helsinki, and fortunately our hotel room was ready early because after all those long days we were really tired! We stayed in a hotel that was converted from a prison, and they really leaned into the history a lot. We had…
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Day 3: Exploring The Kvarken Archipelago
Ronan’s home and holiday cottages are all on The Kvarken Archipelago, a world heritage site, that was formed as glaciers retreated in the last ice age, depositing rocks to form long thing “moraine” islands, and with the retreat of the glaciers, causing the land to rise, 9mm a year, to…
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Vaasa day 2 – city day and sauna
Day 2 in Vaasa was forecast to be rainy, so Ronan and Lena suggested we spend the day in Vaasa itself. But before we headed out, I managed to fit in a short swim in the part of the sea that stretches almost over to Ronan and Lena’s property. This…
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Vaasa / Vasa and Björköby
The 4-hour train trip from Helsinki to Vaasa was a very comfortable with pleasant views of the Finnish countryside and forests. Along the way I picked up the shocking fact that Finland has 10 trees for every person on the planet. Great vacation spot for a Treekeeper! Here are some…
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Helsinki day 2: design, fish and an island visit
We had a full day in Helsinki so headed out early (some may dispute the definition of early but i felt very rested!) to do a lot of sightseeing. First we stopped at a cafe for some breakfast where I learned that ‘toast’ on a menu means toasted cheese sandwich!…
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Day 1 in Helsinki: sea baths
We had a very smooth flight to helsinki, and from the airport took a train from the airport to the downtown train station, and then had a short walk to our hostel. Once checked in to a very nice private room there (just in case anyone though we were sleeping…
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Flowers, swims and ice cream – first half of summer
By the charts, we’re coming up on the halfway point of summer, so I thought it would be a good time to do a post about some swim and gardening highlights so far. And ice cream! First, our front garden. I was much more diligent this year in identifying plants…