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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Grey, grey, grey
As you might have noticed in my last entries, I am becoming a bit frustrated with the weather in Turku. This is not how Finnish winter is supposed to be. When we arrived, we had freezing temperatures, sunshine, ice crystals … Continue reading
Ha ha
And for the record: the two days of bright blue sky and sunshine didn’t happen…it is as grey and miserable as it has been for the last month.
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Subjective perceptions…
This evening when Karsten came home from work, I was busy doing three things at the same time: cooking, doing the dishes and putting away the clean ones. Karsten lay down to relax a bit. I complained that, in the … Continue reading
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Naantali (without sunshine)
Yesterday, the weather forecast promised a little (little, little) bit of sunshine today. So a friend of us invited me for a walk along the seaside at Naantali, about 15 km away from Turku, since we are all a bit … Continue reading
Seven days – seven pictures
Again, I am joining Frische Brise with her weekly retrospect in pictures. Our week has been rather quiet since the baby activities are on pause due to the ski holidays. Also, the weather has been really shitty (excuse the language) … Continue reading
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The not so restful restroom
Toilets are, in most Western societies, places of privacy, of tranquility, a way to shut out the world for a few minutes and let the mind wander. Or, if you are a proud owner of a smartphone, to cultivatedly check … Continue reading
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Snow White on a sawblade
It’s the week of Finnish ski-holidays (not that the weather is appropriate for ski-holidays, but I guess further north you might actually have a chance to do some winter sports). So there are no baby classes taking place and since … Continue reading
What’s that? Sunshine? Really?
You know that there have been far too many grey and rainy days if… ….your daughter bursts into cries of joy seeing the sun is shining through the window …and you start taking pictures of random motives in your neighbourhood … Continue reading
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The cleaning issue
While we are in Turku, we stay in one of the guest flats of the university. When we received the conditions of the flat, we were asked whether we would like to use the cleaning service (30 Euros for one … Continue reading
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Hyvää Ystävänpäivää!
We have never really celebrated Valentines Day before – in the end, it is just a day like any other and it’s not like we need a reminder to tell us how happy we are. In Finland, however, Valentines Day … Continue reading
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familial entropy 