Tag: finland
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
Last Day in Helsinki: Finn-tastic! Saturday, June 28, 2025 Yesterday (Friday) was a hard act to follow, but we gave it “the old college try”. This morning, we walked to the Temppeliaukio Church (“Rock Temple”), designed by the brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and opened in 1968.(Pictures below, top and bottom right, are from the…
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
What the Hel[sinki]…. Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Finland was under Swedish rule until 1809, when the Swedes lost Finland to Russia. The Finns won their independence in 1917. But then they lost it again under the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, when they had to fight the Russians to a cease-fire in 1944. Nonetheless, Finland established…
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
The Artipelag Saturday, June 21, 2025 After seven days of juggling logistics, maps, languages, customs and cultures, we felt the need for a day of rest. Fortunate for us, then, that our friends Danielle and Ira had recommended that we take in The Artipelag. It’s an art and nature site located on one of the…
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
There’s No Place Like [Stock]holm. Thursday and Friday, June 19-20, 2025 Yesterday, we hit the C5 Copenhagen bus to Central Station and then the train to Stockholm, via Malmö. Total, about five hours through the lovely Swedish countryside, with some water views including wind farms. N.B.: The government here supports them. (Sorry, being political again.)…
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again”…..to Scandinavia
June 13 – 29, 2025 Welcome back to Something to Declare! When we last left our travel blogger in December 2024 , he was recuperating from a sprained neck after a fall at the Airavadesvara Temple Durasuram in Kumbakonam, southern India. The bad news was that I had to leave the tour early and return…
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