Archive for the 'Finlande' Category

Sur la route de … Savonlinna

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

It is really not my first trip there, but I realized I didn’t say much about this very nice place yet … First, about getting there (from Helsinki). I have tried a few roads, but I think the most pleasant and least busy (perhaps this is related), is the one that consists of going towards […]

Sur la route de … Kitee, FI

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Spending the weekend in the East part of Finland, near Kitee, I took a few pictures around the summer cottage we stayed at (it belongs to my girlfriend’s uncle). Like most summer cottages in Finland, it is lost in the nature, next to a lake, with no neighbour close by. I like this one very […]

Suomen Itsenäisyyspäivä

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

It was on the 6th of December, and it was a day off. But this year, while others were enjoying a rest and some warm Glöggi perhaps, I was doing overtime and drinking strong coffee … Too much work these two past week ! Luckily it is Friday evening, and I finished all that work […]

Premieres neiges

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

Il a neige hier, mais aussi beaucoup plu, alors je n’ai pas pu prendre de photo. Aujourd’hui, c’est deja beaucoup plus joli : It snowed yesterday, but weather was too wet, and it wouldn’t stay. Today already is much nicer:

Back from Lapland and Norway

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

One-week road-trip to the North of this continent, away from the heat wave of the South. 3500 to 4000 Kms, starting from Savonlinna, ending in Helsinki. Lapland first, with its huge forests, countless lakes, and colorful swamps. With its comfortable cottages to stop by, when the day ends, to have a nice sauna and relax. […]

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