Thursday, November 27, 2008
Finland Dec 2008
I am officially heading back to Finland again later this month. There was a chance that I would not be going, but the customer and partner were very insistent that I return.
One thing I am looking forward to is placing some Travel Bugs in a geocache that I found the last time I was there. Continuing my theme of caches that could lead to international incidents, this one was located on the door of a power vault at a large fire station in Helsinki. Shoo suggested that I wear a trench coat and dark glasses when I go caching over there. Nice to have helpful friends!
In any case, this cache required unscrewing 4 screws to get in. This was in the area where the fire fighters cars are parked. The cache entry says that they know about it, but it just takes one suspicious person that does not know about it to cause a problem.
In any case, I got it opened, signed the log, and left a Disneyland map. That sounds like a fun thing to leave in Finland. The cache is large enough to take some caches and should be in walking distance of my hotel.
Another discover close to this cache is shown in the picture below.
The owner of this shop is a nice young lady that has dual US/Finnish citizenship. It turns out that she went to school at UC Irvine and learned to surf here. We had a nice chat when she saw me taking this picture. She said that she can always tell the Americans because they are the ones that take the photos!
I also found a possible future Rosetta Stone. This sign includes English and the two official languages of Finland: Finnish and Swedish. The bird in the second photo was sitting on a rock near this sign. I think that he said "Nevermore" in Finnish, but I'm not sure since that word is not on the sign!
It will be dark, cold, and possibly snowy on my next trip. Also, I will only be there for 4 working days. That means that I will probably not be able to take any pictures. However, I still have some from my last trip that I can share if I find some blogging time.
One thing I am looking forward to is placing some Travel Bugs in a geocache that I found the last time I was there. Continuing my theme of caches that could lead to international incidents, this one was located on the door of a power vault at a large fire station in Helsinki. Shoo suggested that I wear a trench coat and dark glasses when I go caching over there. Nice to have helpful friends!
In any case, this cache required unscrewing 4 screws to get in. This was in the area where the fire fighters cars are parked. The cache entry says that they know about it, but it just takes one suspicious person that does not know about it to cause a problem.
In any case, I got it opened, signed the log, and left a Disneyland map. That sounds like a fun thing to leave in Finland. The cache is large enough to take some caches and should be in walking distance of my hotel.
Another discover close to this cache is shown in the picture below.
The owner of this shop is a nice young lady that has dual US/Finnish citizenship. It turns out that she went to school at UC Irvine and learned to surf here. We had a nice chat when she saw me taking this picture. She said that she can always tell the Americans because they are the ones that take the photos!
I also found a possible future Rosetta Stone. This sign includes English and the two official languages of Finland: Finnish and Swedish. The bird in the second photo was sitting on a rock near this sign. I think that he said "Nevermore" in Finnish, but I'm not sure since that word is not on the sign!
It will be dark, cold, and possibly snowy on my next trip. Also, I will only be there for 4 working days. That means that I will probably not be able to take any pictures. However, I still have some from my last trip that I can share if I find some blogging time.
Labels: Geocaching, Rob, Travel, Work
# posted by - Rob @ 5:42 PM 
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Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Pony trekking or camping,
Or just watching TV,
Finland, Finland, Finland,
It's the country for me.
You're so near to Russia,
So far from Japan,
Quite a long way from Cairo,
Lots of miles from Vietnam.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Eating breakfast or dinner,
Or snack lunch in the hall,
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all.
You're so sadly neglected,
And often ignored,
A poor second to Belgium,
When going abroad.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall,
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall,
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all.
Finland has it all...
The country where I want to be,
Pony trekking or camping,
Or just watching TV,
Finland, Finland, Finland,
It's the country for me.
You're so near to Russia,
So far from Japan,
Quite a long way from Cairo,
Lots of miles from Vietnam.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Eating breakfast or dinner,
Or snack lunch in the hall,
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all.
You're so sadly neglected,
And often ignored,
A poor second to Belgium,
When going abroad.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall,
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall,
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all.
Finland has it all...
Steve,
Someone else took the Digital Fish from your cache. Perhaps Tina or Kikka?
Lee,
Is that your poetic creation? Very nice, except that they don't have any lofty mountains. Their highest peak is under 4400 feet. Other than that, the rest sounds very accurate!
Someone else took the Digital Fish from your cache. Perhaps Tina or Kikka?
Lee,
Is that your poetic creation? Very nice, except that they don't have any lofty mountains. Their highest peak is under 4400 feet. Other than that, the rest sounds very accurate!
Credit goes to Monty Python, sung by Eric Idle himself.
It is one of Diana's favorite bits.
As far as 4400 not being lofty, may I point out that Mauna Kea is is only 4205 meters unless you go to the base then it beats Everest!!!
It is one of Diana's favorite bits.
As far as 4400 not being lofty, may I point out that Mauna Kea is is only 4205 meters unless you go to the base then it beats Everest!!!
I didn't grab Digital Fish either. I grabbed the tea dog. I dunno if it got grabbed from U of O yet... Probably.
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