To say that the Finns have a certain reverence for their summer season is no understatement. From May to August, nearly every Finn heads outdoors to take advantage of the twelve-plus hours of sunlight before the long, dark winter creeps back in. Government and other activity slows down, prompting many to travel to forest cottages [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
Foreign Service Life – Hunting the Elusive Finnish Chess Set
Visit the home of any diplomat who has had more than a few years in his or her career, and you will see something of a museum reflecting the course of that career. It may be masks from West Africa, painted scroll hangings from China, matryoshka nesting dolls from Russia and so on, sometimes organized [...]