Sunday, July 23, 2023

July Desperation

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  This is a difficult month. Again. But, Leppävaara to the rescue! A constant stream of fresh snow is being delivered outside the ice skatin...
Saturday, July 22, 2023

Predjama Castle

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I had only heard about the Postojna Cave before coming to Slovenia. But it turns out that there are many caves (of course) as well as many ...

Lonely little cave that no one notices

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We were driving back from the technical museum of Slovenia - a massive museum, by the way, well worth visiting. Then there was a hole in a c...
Friday, July 21, 2023

Venice again, no skiing, just heat

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  Many years ago, I tried to find some skiing inVenice . No luck, could not score any snow from local skating rinks, so was unable to plaste...

Walls of Piran

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  Piran is a medieval town on the coast of Slovenia. A wonderful town, clearly retaining its historic parts. The protective walls of the cit...

Northern Croatia swim

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On our tour of Slovenia's Piran , we also peeked on the Croatian side, and had a swim in the Polynesia Beach in the town of Umag. Littl...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Kaleva swim. 2x.

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I was looking for a visit in the Tampere swimming halls on the way to my summer cottage . It turned out that just on that day most of the ha...

Can you believe there's a swimming hall here?

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I've lived in and around(*) Espoo for 35 years. And I often go to the swimming halls. How is it then that I've never visited Olari...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

A year of walking.. and then, sigh

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  Just one day after completing my year of walking , I'm a cripple. Sigh. I can barely walk to the bathroom, let alone go outside. Probl...

Final nail to the rust bucket?

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Crisis to crisis, which one will be the final nail to the rust bucket? Now the steering gear and rack are toast, no parts. And then they mak...