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New York City 2011: the rest of it

I apologize for taking so long to write this final travelogue – returning and going straight off back to school ended up taking a lot of my attention. Stay tuned for the rest of the story! It won’t take long, I promise. So, we left off with Monday and onto Tuesday now – this day was […]

New York City 2011: Days two, three, and four

Saturday was a bit different, as I headed to Brooklyn with dad while girlfriend went off with the other ladies to tour fleamarkets and vintage shops. A cask ale festival was being held at dba Brooklyn in Williamsburg. We sampled local beers that were quite the treat – dad’s partner joined us for a snack […]

New York City 2011: travel day and day 1

On the morning of 6 January, at 5 am, girlfriend and I got on a taxi that drove us through light snow to the airport. a quick check-in and baggage drop later, we stepped on through security and got on our first plane – a KLM flight to Amsterdam. The HEL-AMS plane was an Embraer […]

Unimaginatively titled post-holiday season post

The holidays came and went, and good times were had. Christmas went by at my dad’s, with me having brought my 360, Rock Band 3, and a collection of plastic instruments along. Traditional Finnish christmasy foods were put on the plate along with less traditional ones. My sister, who is on a student exchange in […]