a hui hou kakou

I first came to Finland for a two week research trip in October 2004. However I was offered a place to study in Joensuu for the spring and so I came back for a semester in January 2005. Finland in scenery reminds me quite a lot of Alaska. At least in the north. However there are a lot more people.

Arms of Finland

Arms of Finland

Map of Finland A Finnish train. October 2004. Inside a Finnish train. October 2004. The train station in Kemi. October 2004. Another shot of the train station in Kemi. October 2004. Some trees in Tornio. October 2004. Another view of Tornio. October 2004. A Russian Orthodox church in Tornio. October 2004. Some pretty mushrooms. October 2004. The leaves of fall. October 2004. The study was based here in Ylitornio. October 2004. Some trees in Ylitornio. October 2004. More trees. October 2004. More trees, this time near Kolari. October 2004. A cute bird near Kolari. October 2004. The roads in the north of Finland largely looked like this. October 2004. Enonteki. October 2004. Near the Norwegian border. October 2004. Finnish post box. October 2004. A church in the north of Finland. October 2004. Some old buildings. October 2004. A beautiful shaft of light. October 2004. An airplane near Inari. October 2004. Some pretty trees. October 2004. A Finnish lake. October 2004. The Alko store in Ivalo. October 2004. The road to Murmansk, I had such an urge to go down it. Sometimes roads are so romantic. Calling you forward. Who knows when I will ever come to that part of the world. October 2004. I finally got to Murmansk in June 2006. The first freezing lake I jumped in. Very thrilling. October 2004. A snowy road. October 2004. Oh look who it is with Santa Claus! Its Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson president of Iceland. Rovaniemi with Santa Claus land was a bit creepy. October 2004. Rovaniemi was very commercial. October 2004. The Finnish flag. October 2004. I found a passage way to the roof. October 2004. Quarters in Ylitornio. October 2004. Me carrying the Icelandic professor, Eddi, very professional. October 2004. Me and Anna riding the swings. October 2004. Very professional looking presentation. October 2004. Me near Ylitornio. October 2004. The group minus the students from Joensuu. October 2004. Trees near Ylitornio. October 2004. The view near Ylitornio. October 2004. The view near Ylitornio. October 2004. The view near Ylitornio. October 2004. The view near Ylitornio. October 2004. Recycling bottles. October 2004. Two of the professors being twins. October 2004. One last look at Ylitornio. October 2004. Snowy scenery. October 2004. More pretty frost. October 2004. Another Finnish train. October 2004. General Carl Gustaf Mannerheim. October 2004. Museum in Helsinki. October 2004. Church in Helsinki. October 2004. I came across this statue of a little monk and was very pleased. It felt very nice. October 2004. Inside the Helsinki metro. October 2004. The Helsinki metro. October 2004. Helsinki. October 2004. The train station in Helsinki. October 2004. Helsinki. October 2004. View between Sweden and Finland. October 2004. The cockpit of the flight to Tampere. Jan. 2005. At the train station in Tampere. Jan. 2005. Display. Jan. 2005. Nice church I saw going to uni each day. Spring 2005. The bridge over the river. Spring 2005. I passed this boat pretty much every day. Jan. 2005. A view from the bridge. Jan. 2005. The University of Joensuu, geography department. Jan. 2005. Wojtek, Geraldine, Agata and Stan. This is Suvikatu 18B, the flat where I would hang out most often. Jan. 2005. My friend Louise. Jan. 2005. My friend and flatmate Hugh. Jan. 2005. Tania, my best friend for the first half of my time in Finland. Jan. 2005. Up stairs in Suvikatu 18B again, same people, now I am in the blue shirt plus Matti is in the red. We would spend many an hour playing Uno. Jan. 2005. Louise, Tania, Hugh and me at Marks. Jan. 2005. My friend Karolina. Jan. 2005. Another picture of Tania. Jan. 2005. My friend Wojtek. Jan. 2005. Matti with a beware of ice sign. Jan. 2005. Playing in the snow. Jan. 2005. Another picture of the university. Jan. 2005. My friends Karolina and Kinga. Jan. 2005. My friends Stan and Andri. Jan. 2005. My friends Phil and Justin. Jan. 2005. Tania once again. Feb. 2005. One of the professors demonstrating something. Feb. 2005. A beautiful snowy day at Suvikatu. Feb. 2005. This was my bike, after the bike I rented was stolen I went around town and found a couple broken bikes, this is the bike I built from them, it was a good bike. Feb. 2005. Another view from the bridge. Feb. 2005. This is the apartment building where I lived while in Joensuu. Feb. 2005. A rather nice bird made of snow. Feb. 2005. Another view from the bridge. Feb. 2005. Matti with a bike. Feb. 2005. The frozen lake. Feb. 2005. Me after swimming in the frozen lake. Feb. 2005. Flags at the university. Feb. 2005. Going over the bridge on a cold morning with sun dogs. March 2005. My sister Alice coming for a visit. March 2005. Another picture of Alice. March 2005. More Alice! March 2005. My sister came to visit while I was in Finland. March 2005. A Ferry to Aland. March 2005. A view of Turku from the Ferry. March 2005. The frozen Baltic in March 2005. More of the Baltic. March 2005. Ship. March 2005. A tired Loren returning from some time in the Baltic countries. March 2005. Inside a ferry bound for Helsinki. March 2005. Me getting on a train. March 2005. A blinky light. April 2005. Agata. April 2005. At the Joensuu train station. April 2005. Stan, just about to leave Joensuu. April 2005. An old train on display. April 2005. Juustoleipa, how I miss it, wonderful bread cheese. April 2005. The key to my flat. April 2005. The kitchen of my flat. April 2005. Right before I left things were finally warming up, here is that boat, always locked in ice, actually in water. April 2005. My friend Runa. April 2005. Another picture of Agata. April 2005. Me making a horrible face. April 2005. Matti and Agata making faces. The train as I was leaving Joensuu. A picture of the university from Stan. Feb. 2005. Pumping out the toilets of Suvikatu by Stan. Spring 2005. My friend Geraldine. Spring 2005, taken by Stan. Another Geraldine picture. Spring 2005, taken by Stan. Agata. Spring 2005, taken by Stan. Geraldine and Matti. Spring 2005, taken by Stan. Parking for dogs. Spring 2005, taken by Stan. Me and Geraldine. Spring 2005, taken by Stan. Poster made for Geraldine. Spring 2005. Underground passage at a Finnish train station. April 2005. The same building in Turku about a month later. April 2005. The spring was coming in late April to Turku. April 2005. Some random industrial parts. April 2005. Finnish national hero Carl Gustaf Mannerheim. April 2005. Turku. April 2005. In Finland a common market is the K market, the smallest ones are K, I suppose there are KK markets, but I don't remember any, then there are KKK markets and KKKK markets. April 2005. Passport Stamps |back to travels |