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NauenThen

Monday Quote

To have another language is to possess a second soul. 

~ Charlemagne

 

That second language is not going to be Finnish. Hello from Helsinki, where I can get by in Swedish as far as reading menus, as Swedish is a second tongue here, but Finnish has so far not a single word that relates to any that I know. I knew that about Finnish, that it's related only to Hungarian, but now that I'm listening to people speaking, it is more strange than I expected. It does have a Scandinavian lilt. I've learned a couple words so I can be polite, but jet lag has eaten them up, I suspect.

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Enroute

Greetings from Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, where we have a layover before our flight to Helsinki. I must have slept on the plane because I feel pretty normal right now. Can't wait to see the snow. And a whole new city & country. 

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