While I was growing up my grandfather occasionally took me fishing and I sometimes tried to catch something from the small muddy ponds that were near my home, but I never was very serious about it and I never once went ice fishing. However, since I enjoy outdoor activities I jumped at the chance to ...
I awoke to the sound of my alarm clock ringing at 5:30 AM and I quickly dressed, grabbed my things, and went outside to wait for my friends to pick me up to begin our almost 700-mile journey north to Nitsijärvi, Lapland. By 6:00 AM we were on our way. The plan was to drive ...
Something that most foreigners in Finland realize quickly is that Finns can be very, very quiet, often to the point of making non-Finns uncomfortable and left wondering if something is wrong. As a general rule Finnish men are quieter than Finnish women, and of course some Finns are actually quite talkative and animated. However, as ...
Anyone who has traveled outside of the United States a lot knows that driving in a foreign country can range from very easy to dangerously difficult. Finland falls squarely into the very easy end of the range, but there are some sticking points that I would like to discuss that I believe can help Americans ...