I started saving for my trip to Finland when I was 10 years old. My grandparents were visiting our ancestral home and I thought I would join them the next time they came to Finland. It only took 55 years for me to get here and that paper route money is long gone. I feel very much at home here. As reported it is much like Northern Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan. The fins also must have felt at home with the logging and fishing of this area.  Suomi, Sauna, Sisu, Sibelius.

Rock church Helsinki

It’s cold in reindeer country

Old town Porvoo

Composer Sebelius Monument