Tuesday, November 30, 2021

First fall of the season!

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  First ski run, first fall. My first time this season on the Kauniainen ski hill. With my crappy, duct taped skis because, well, no need fo...
Friday, October 29, 2021

It's dark, we're wearing sunglasses, and ski season just opened

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  It is pitch dark. Raining heavily. The whole place is closed. But I'm on a mission, so I grab my skis and walk to the bottom of the hi...

Darkness in the Lapland Hotels Tampere Sauna

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We had an opportunity to stay at the Tampere for a night in a hotel. The Lapland Hotels Tampere was a new one for me, I had been to many oth...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Storfinnhova sauna inside a natural rock. With a waterfall.

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  Smoke sauna for 45 people, with a small waterfall and a warm pool, all inside. Takes three days to heat up. This is possibly one of the gr...
Sunday, October 3, 2021

Finally, a SUP hobby that I can get excited about. Underground.

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  I had been to Eispalast before. It is an ice cave that tourists can visit, 30 meters under glacier, near the top of the Gefrorene Wand mou...
Saturday, October 2, 2021

Climbing to the Grafenloch cave

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  Grafenloch -- also called Luegsteinhöhle -- is a cave on a massive cliff face above the villages of Luegstein and Oberaudorf. A smallish c...
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Oberstegen saunas

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  Gasthof Oberstegen is in Söll, near the border between Austria and Germany. I chose as a convenient location with a decent drive up to th...

Another country, another drink

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  Can you guess where I am? :-) Read the full Planetskier series at  planetskier.net , or all blog articles from  Blogspot  or  TGR . Photos...
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Instagram vs. reality

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  I've made many trips to the summer cottage this year. It is always wonderful views. And usually great swimming. But now the waters are...
Sunday, September 26, 2021

Swinghill Season's Opening

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  It is snowing in Swinghill, the lift is running, and I opened the season. Cool.  Snowing: Lift: Views on the slope and to the lake: This a...