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wood processing

wood processing is core to the finnish economy, and rauma has a large pulp mill. the smell of timber processing and wood pulp permeated everything in the area, and when i smell something similar now, it reminds me of saunas and nature and snow.

July 19, 2007 in d) rauma, finland | Permalink | Comments (0)

you want it, you got it

when i lived in finland, i went with friends to helsinki to see bryan adams in concert. we bought official tour scarves and swung them around with wild abandon. it was a great night out.

June 04, 2007 in d) rauma, finland | Permalink | Comments (0)

collecting mushrooms

when i lived in rauma, my finnish mother taught me to search in the forest and find edible mushrooms, which we made into delicious dinners.

December 24, 2006 in d) rauma, finland | Permalink | Comments (0)

learning to skate

i learned to ice skate in finland. my finnish brother matti was my teacher, and i learned on a frozen-over pond behind our school. i was 16 and had never before worn ice skates, so matti had to explain that i was american to the finnish kindergarteners who were laughing at my inability to stand up. the day after i learned to skate, we played ringette in my gym class in school. it is a girls' game similar to ice hockey. it was quite a challenge.

October 08, 2004 in d) rauma, finland | Permalink | Comments (0)

snow tires

in finland, when winter arrives, people change the tires on their bicycles as well as on their cars. my blue bike, which i rode many miles across town to girls' choir practice or to school for evening lace making class, had tires with sharp spikes that made a crunching noise as they dug into the ice.

June 30, 2004 in d) rauma, finland | Permalink | Comments (0)