Mike's Photos From The Road #11
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i received a very warm welcome from the finnish people, almost as if a long lost brother was returning home. they picked me out immediately because my last name, kivisto, is finnish - it means "hill of stones." i met two finnish guys, mikko and peter, who took me out every week on wednesday, better known as "little saturday" in helsinki. we had a blast together. when i left, i had peter baby-sit my bicycle, the nomad, at his apartment while i set off backpacking the rest of the world. this is mikko, me, and peter at molly malone's, an irish pub in helsinki.
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i also hung out with anu, a finnish girl who worked at the hostel i was staying at. she was actually the first finnish person i ever met in finland - so, so nice. she was a great representation of the people there, making me feel more proud than ever of my finnish roots.
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anu and i at molly malone's.
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they were so happy to see me that they wrote my name on the side of all their buses. i saw these buses throughout helsinki - adorned with the company name on the side, the same as my last name - but i never got a picture. this photo was sent to me by anna and val from iceland, a couple i met while scuba-diving in thailand. that's anna in front of the bus.
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"i saw you just the other day, you were leaning up against a post." i said, "but i'm tired". one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer in helsinki.
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i really dig huge statues and helsinki has plenty of them in landscaped gardens.
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the cathedral in helsinki.
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fish is really damn fresh when you buy it right from the back of the fisherman's boat.
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hanging out in a square.
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some crazy people listening to the music of a peruvian band.
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mary, whom i had met in ireland, was in helsinki so we went one day to a fortress on an island. this is a photo of one of the many bizarre encounters at the suomenlinna fortress: these guys went walking by carrying about two dozen lanterns on a stick. they disappeared seconds later into an archway of the 300 year old fortress.
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mary, from australia, looks down into a secret room of the soumenlinna fortress.
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