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MARCH 6, MONDAY
TALLINN, ESTONIA We were up early for the walk to the Viking Ferry Terminal in Helsinki. Gradually the terminal filled up and then 15 minutes before ten we all crowded onto the huge ferry with multiple dining rooms, a duty
MARCH 6, MONDAY
TALLINN, ESTONIA We were up early for the walk to the Viking Ferry Terminal in Helsinki. Gradually the terminal filled up and then 15 minutes before ten we all crowded onto the huge ferry with multiple dining rooms, a duty
MARCH 5, SUNDAY
TEMPPELIAUKIO CHURCH When we told Henny, Susie’s cousin who we are going to visit in Holland that we were going to spend five days in Helsinki, she said that she was in a choir that sang in an underground church
MARCH 5, SUNDAY
TEMPPELIAUKIO CHURCH When we told Henny, Susie’s cousin who we are going to visit in Holland that we were going to spend five days in Helsinki, she said that she was in a choir that sang in an underground church
MARCH 4, SATURDAY
WALKING THROUGH HELSINKI On our walks to various museums I have taken photographs of things that strike me, often with no time to decide whether to shoot, simply reacting instantly to something that touches me. Other times, as with store
MARCH 4, SATURDAY
WALKING THROUGH HELSINKI On our walks to various museums I have taken photographs of things that strike me, often with no time to decide whether to shoot, simply reacting instantly to something that touches me. Other times, as with store
MARCH 3, FRIDAY
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART KIASMA On Friday we walked to the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma housed in a large shiny metal clad building in the center of Helsinki. On the first Friday in the month it is free. It
MARCH 3, FRIDAY
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART KIASMA On Friday we walked to the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma housed in a large shiny metal clad building in the center of Helsinki. On the first Friday in the month it is free. It
MARCH 2, THURSDAY
THE HELSINKI DESIGN MUSEUM On our first afternoon in Helsinki we went to the Design Museum Nuutajarvi. The main exhibit at the Design Museum was of the work of outstanding Finnish designer husband and wife, Antti and Vuokko Nurmesniemi, who
MARCH 2, THURSDAY
THE HELSINKI DESIGN MUSEUM On our first afternoon in Helsinki we went to the Design Museum Nuutajarvi. The main exhibit at the Design Museum was of the work of outstanding Finnish designer husband and wife, Antti and Vuokko Nurmesniemi, who
MARCH 1, WEDNESDAY
THE HELSINKI FOOD MARKET Our first full day in Helsinki we did two things that were great fun. We went to the food market by the harbor for lunch and we visited the Design Museum. But first of all we
MARCH 1, WEDNESDAY
THE HELSINKI FOOD MARKET Our first full day in Helsinki we did two things that were great fun. We went to the food market by the harbor for lunch and we visited the Design Museum. But first of all we
FEBRUARY 28, TUESDAY
LAST DAY IN INDIA Our last day in Delhi was dentist day. At 9 p.m. before leaving for the airport at 4:30 a.m. I was still in the dental chair. First, Susie and Todd in the morning made the long
FEBRUARY 28, TUESDAY
LAST DAY IN INDIA Our last day in Delhi was dentist day. At 9 p.m. before leaving for the airport at 4:30 a.m. I was still in the dental chair. First, Susie and Todd in the morning made the long
FEBRUARY 27, MONDAY
COLONIAL MUSSOORIE AND THE SAVOY HOTEL When I was a boy in Landour I rarely walked an hour to the other end of Mussoorie along the narrow ridge road along which the town was built. Landour, at the east end,
FEBRUARY 27, MONDAY
COLONIAL MUSSOORIE AND THE SAVOY HOTEL When I was a boy in Landour I rarely walked an hour to the other end of Mussoorie along the narrow ridge road along which the town was built. Landour, at the east end,
FEBRUARY 26, SUNDAY
MISH KID SYNDROME During my junior year at Woodstock my family had their every seven year furlough, a return for a year to the United States. It took so long before the 1950’s to travel from the United States to
FEBRUARY 26, SUNDAY
MISH KID SYNDROME During my junior year at Woodstock my family had their every seven year furlough, a return for a year to the United States. It took so long before the 1950’s to travel from the United States to
FEBRUARY 25, SATURDAY
WOODSTOCK EXPERIENCE IN LANDOUR As I have come to the conclusion that the major reason that my Woodstock grade school and high school years were so intense was because I was at a time in life, adolescence, in which the
FEBRUARY 25, SATURDAY
WOODSTOCK EXPERIENCE IN LANDOUR As I have come to the conclusion that the major reason that my Woodstock grade school and high school years were so intense was because I was at a time in life, adolescence, in which the
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