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SUMMER HOLIDAY 2006 I liked to go to the Canadian Rockies but Tina didn't like to fly... So we decided to go to Finland. I only reserved the nightboat from Stockholm (Sweden) to Turku (south Finland) and we decided to take a nice hotel every other evening. |
The first person who finds the 150 incorrect spelled words in my text (which I put there on purpose) gets a strawberry cake! | |
 DENMARK We went by car via Germany and stayed the first night in Denmark. |
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My friend Ronald told me he found Denmark is
somewhat like teletubbyland :-) |
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In that Danish hotel they had a vew aquaria with exotic fish in it. | |
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SWEDEN Denmark is not that big and the next day we came to Sweden! |
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Sweden is like one big forest! Nice Fir, Birch and Pinetrees |
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They Swedes know their woodworking: Look at this 4'' / 100 mm thick window! triple-glassed and two rubber sealings. |
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And they have papermills..... |
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Lumbertrucks all day long... |
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And pallets ;-) This pic is for Henk, our boy next door who has a special interest in 'Pellards' as he calls it. |
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Swedish fastfood. If you are hungry you look for a nice... Gasstation! They call it 'roadcook'. They serve good food for a little money. |
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For the boys :-) Small army trucks - seems to be able to move everywhere. They were 'for sale!' |
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OK, OK - now one for the girls... Ikea headquarters in Stockholm. They had 'a sale' today! |
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RAML�SA I tought I found the ultimate hardrockdrink but it was...... springwater :-) |
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Holland�replan When you are in Sweden at the 'Hollander square' I think you are allowed to park your car the way I did. |
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Subeman, Not every Swede drives a Volvo or a Saab - some Swedes have good taste! |
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Random-picked home of one of my cli�nts. When in Stockholm I remembered one of my cli�nts living there. He once ordered some wood to restore some old family-owned funiture. Can't remember his last name... I'm even not sure he has one.... His occupation: |
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King of Sweden! |
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Nice ship in the Stockholm harbour pictured while waiting on the ferry.... |
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Where I met ...
The Dutchman I recognized the Dutch licenceplates so I went to the open carwindow and did my standard-act by saying "Good Afternoon fellow countrymen" to start some conversation. The guy looked in my face and told me: 'you look familiair, I know who you are' . It seems I'm getting famous in the woodbusiness.... |
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Leaving Stockholm... On the nightboat to Finland. |
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 FINLAND Finland looks like Sweden I think. Lots of forest - but a little less hillsides. |
.... and arriving in Turku, South Finland the next morning.... My businessfriend Hans van Lieshout would call it 'a diarrhea' of islands between those two cities :-) After we arrived we drove to central Finland. |
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Hotel in Jyv�skyl�... |
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... with a view In the background the university |
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The reason we went to Jyv�skyl�: We bought some books of the Finnish writer Arto Paasilinna. The characters in his books tend to go to Jyv�skyl� over and over again so we tought it would be 'big fun' over there. And it sure was! Voor de VWO'ers onder u: nee, de vertaling. |
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Shagadelic baby Looks like Austin Powers airplaine. Seen in the museum of the Finnish airforce. |
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Even more groovy: The mirrors used in air recognisance devices |
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And the grooviest of all: I found an insign of the Royal Dutch Airforce made of... MY WOOD! |
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The camper (a 'Rainman' experience) We drove behind a recreation vehicle and by smelling the exhaust fumes I recognized the Diesel-engine of the Hanomag F30. (small truck from the 70's) So when passing it I asked Tina to take a pic as evidence... but .... Believe me - I was correct! |
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Alvar Aalto museum Alvar Aalto was a famous architect. He made buildings all over the world |
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He was the inventer of bended wood in the 1930's |
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And also designed funiture, glas and ceramics. |
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The closest I'll ever get to a cellphone! | |
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Dmitry, I've been to Russia! Just one small step for a man but it felt like a giant leap to me. The border still looked like entering 'the evil empire' as in the days of the cold war and Ronald Reagan. |
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Our second hotel in Finland not only had two bathrooms.... |
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but also an atomic shelter ! It was about 40 km from the Russian border. |
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En wie staat er hier? precies! Maar toch knap dat die Finse wegenbouwers wisten dat ik PRECIES daar zou gaan staan! |
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For the boys! Some heavy Finnish-built engines. |
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Who are these? |
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Finland is called 'the land of the 1000 lakes'.... |
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There are by the way over 10.000 lakes, but the most of them are invisible
because of the trees standing around them! |
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Look at these trees! |
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And the beautifull things they make of it. |
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Would you call your supermarket KKK as in 'Klu Klux Klan' ? |
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Some very nice little statues in the city of Oulu - one for every profession in the
19th century. Tina loved them. |
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As a lumberyard- and a wooden house owner I kept looking for wooden
buildings. Old ones had my special interest! |
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Fishermans sheds |
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Modern Finnish house |
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 SWEDEN (again) We came by boat but liked to leave Finland by land, so we drove up to the Finnish-Swedish border. The weather was PERFECT altough we were almost at the polar circle. |
And in North American style. |
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If there is a hill.... there is a
ski-jump ramp! |
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These are FLOWERS!! |
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And a large bridge |
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In Sweden there is a lot of 'industrial
heritage'. This is an old iron melting stove - the base of todays metal industry |
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The G�ta-Kanal the longest canal in the world. It was the backbone in Swedish transportation for over a hundred years. Small seaships could travel into the inlands to load lumber and ore. |
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A 15 meter / 50 feet waterwheel. Used for the mining industry. It
developed about fourty horsepower! |
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Mother of all Swedish forlifts! Is of course a Ljungby -truck. It was on a roundabout in the city of Lungby, hometown of the heavy Kalmar- and SVE forklifts. |
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Tina at Breakfast. The secret reason I went to Scandinavia is that all hotels serve several kinds of fish for breakfast! |
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Elks. Jus before I took this pic there were two crossing this street BELIEVE ME!! But I missed them... Every IKEA has the 'look out for Elks' traffic signs. But I never saw one in all of our Scandinavia trips. |
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 DENMARK (again) South of Sweden on our way to Germany we crossed the little country of Denmark. It's a kingdom for over a 1000 years... |
But finally I found one. And they are BIG. Now our Sweden-experience was complete. |
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To be... Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Gosh I hated Shakespeare when I was 15. ... or not to be. No questions about it: he sure had a beautifull castle! (click on pic to enlarge it) |
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German Autobahn! No speed limits here. Last time I drove here (and Tina was asleep -duhh) I tested my cars topspeed. I tried to go faster than 220 km - but it couldn't.... There was a PORSCHE driving in front of me. (this one on the pic was a little slower) |
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We enjoyed our trip and I hope you enjoyed our pics. |
Back Home! What is the first thing a real dutchman wants to eat after he crosses the Dutch border? Frikadel Speciaal! That is Dutch junkfood :-) A sausage with unions, curry- and mayonaise-sause. MMMM, but not too often! |
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Meer reisverhalen: - 2007 reis langs de Rijn tot in Denemarken - onze vakantie 2006 Finland - D-day stranden in Normandie - kom kijken naar mijn houten huis - onze coast to coast reis per Cadillac door de usa - Canada en USA Oostkustreis in 2005 - onze 2003 vakantie in Scandinavie - onze 2004 vakantie in Finland, Zweden en Noorwegen - trip naar Denemarken in 2005 - onze 2006 Roadtrip to Gibraltar - complimenten die ik kreeg voor mijn website - en last but NOT LEAST mijn nieuwe Forester
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