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01.16.2008
The first snow! I finally get to see snow in Finland. It’s not a Nor’Easter, but a decent covering. Perhaps 3-4”. Amazing how much brighter a nice blanket of white can make the darkest places. It really makes a big difference. And everyone is so excited that it finally happened. We head back out for our regularly scheduled family dinner and discuss all of the wonderful things we can finally do outside now that it’s finally getting cold outside. Skating on the ice all between the islands, wind surfing across the ice on this crazy contraption I really want to try out and numerous other unique winter sports here in Finland. Unfortunately the cold weather doesn’t stay, and the snow is gone within a few days. It actually feels quite like a New York winter here.
Next comes Wednesday, the day that Maria’s Dog Hut guests leave and she gets her validation for a job well done. Over the previous few days, we bust our butts finishing up construction, painting everything and cleaning the place so it looks like a professional outfit. When the owner of the huskies and other dogs arrive, the woman is blown away on how wonderful the place looks and applauded Maria on such a lovely space. She receives her first payment as a Finnish Business owner and we go out to celebrate.
Now I really need to thank somebody here. One of the things I’ve been missing while being in Finland is American football. There’s plenty of that other crappy kind of football on TV here, but not the good stuff. And to top it off, we’re in playoff season. Well Shane, a great friend from home, has done one of the single greatest things one can do for someone in my situation. He hooked up a Slingbox, a device you hook up to your cable box that sends the TV single across the internet to be watched remotely, for me to use. This means I get to watch the playoffs! So I spent this past weekend, staying up quite late mind you since we’re seven hours ahead, watching some of the best football I’ve seen to date. And it’s all because of Shane.
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January 16th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
gotta love the redman…
January 21st, 2008 at 9:01 pm
do you have any pictures. or did I not see them?