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Travel

A vacation to remember

One of my girls now lives in Europe with her Czech hubby and their young family. They have one girl and one boy, aged about six and four years respectively. When their family came for a vacation one time, they invited us (me, dad and her sister) to go with them for a few days’ […]

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Tidbits

Photohunt: Nautical souvenirs from Finland

Whew, I haven’t been able to do some Photohunting for more than three months now, and I do miss Photohunting! Well, finally here goes my entry for this week’s theme “nautical”. These are miniature polyresin objects from Rayher Hobby Kunst (www.rayher-hobby.de) which I bought from a hobby shop in Pori, Finland. I also bought a […]

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Shopping Travel

Souvenir shopping at the Old Town

While touring along the Old Town in Prague, cutie sis and I also stopped by some of the shops and bought some gifts and souvenirs. There were t-shirts, figurines, glasses, cups, refrigerator magnets, baseball caps and numerous items on display that attracted our attention. Too bad, I just can’t buy more since I’m afraid I […]

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Shopping

Souvenirs and keepsakes

Having souvenirs and keepsakes is one way of bringing with us part of our travels. This is why every time I go to a shop here in Finland, I always check out some Finnish stuff which I could bring home as souvenir. One important condition for me: it has to be authentically made in Finland. […]