The Ferry to Suomenlinna Across a Frozen Sea
Welcome to another in my occasional series of posts about Finland, a few years ago we were there in February at the same time as my earlier post about Rekola railway station. I kind of knew that The...
View ArticleA Musical Tour of Europe #10 Latvia
Here is the tenth instalment of my musical tour of Europe, it seems to have taken a while to find it but I try very hard not to sit at the computer all day watching music videos. Latvia as with all...
View ArticleDon Johnson Big Band – Rip it Up
Just one more video from Finland and I will take a break and move on in my musical tour of Europe. Finland wasn’t even the featured country it was Latvia. I have gone way off track. I couldn’t help...
View ArticlePostcard from The High Seas
Today’s postcard is all very mysterious, as the writer doesn’t say where they have been or are going! The postmark is the only clue, ‘from the high seas’, so that narrows it down a little. The MS...
View ArticleMetalsteel – Narcissus (Official Video)
My musical tour of Europe continues with a look at the Slovenian heavy metal band Metasteel. The band were formed in Medvode and consists of Daša Trampuš, Rock Tomšič, Beny Kic, Matej Sušnik....
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 196 (Bustling Baltic Port)
Bustling Baltic port Beating heart, bringing, taking Seafront life and soul
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Symbol
My only offering for this weeks photo challenge are a series of photographs of the Sibelius Monument in Helsinki, Finland. I have recently returned from holiday to the country and I suppose for me the...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Inspiration (1)
My first offering for this weeks photo challenge is from a recent trip to Helsinki, cities are a great inspiration to me. Growing up, living and working surrounded by people I was convinced I wanted to...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Beneath Your Feet (1)
My first offering for this weeks photo challenge was taken on a recent visit to Helsinki. Part of the reason I blog is to challenge myself in fields of photography and writing. As much as anything...
View ArticleKingston Wall –‘Shine on Me’
I am not sure what I expected when I began looking at Finnish music, well maybe quite a few ‘Lordi’ type bands. Certainly not Kingston Wall, if ever there was an argument for delving into another...
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