Merry Christmas!

My mom was thrilled to spend the Christmas out of all the fuzz. The way Christmas shows in Padova is admirable, I admit.. but still I would say people are very talented in making the fuzz for themselves. Go to the wet and wild, and run a little in the fields. It'll be enough to get you on a mood for any kind of party :)

Colli Euganeo, Padova, Italia.

Ciao a tutti,

Hanna got visitors from home so I accompanied them to Venice, once again. This time I want to send some greetings to Quirin to Germany: CIAO A TUTTI!

Ponte San Antonio, Venezia, Italy.

Snooww,

Yesterday it snowed!! I was out until about 3:30 in the morning. Hanna left the club before me and she sent me a messages saying that I should go out, because it's snowing. Of course I ran out and danced around in front of the building, in the really wet, but slow and fluffy snowfall. Wow. When I biked home, I took pictures with my mobilephone like mad and when I got home, I spent another half an hour outside taking pictures. Most of them didn't turn out so wonderful due to my condition, but I think you can get the idea of them.

Montà, Padova, Italy.

Basilico tra denti,

Nina and I made a calendar for Benjamin on his birthday. We were short on pictures, so this is the come up :D We wanted to do something strange, so Nina went more nicer way with her bright red lipstick all over than me with basilica in my teeth.

Montà, Padova, Italy.

Kengo Kuma,

Eeva (another finnish girl) and I went to the exhibition of Kengo Kuma (an architect from Japan) in Palazzo della Ragione. It turned out to be just amazing! Constructions of paper which you could go into, this one is of glass, with changing lightning.

Palazzo della Ragione, Padova, Italy.

Ciao, tutto bene,

Vicenza showed herself at the most beautiful. The lovely city was bathing in sunlight with lots of sights worth photographing and just watching for a long time. This girl was like from a drawing herself as she was drawing the wall opposite of her, listening to music from those heavy earphones.

Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy.

Untouristic Venice,

Just before the first Baccarata (tour in the little pubs in Venice), Hanna and I wanted to get to know the untouristic side of Venice. It turned out to be very quiet as most parts of the island is not populated anymore. Only the touristic sites are full of people. Most of the sellers didn't either live in actual Venice, but Mestre or somewhere else close.

Arsenale, Venice, Italy.

Slovenija,

Ljubljana made a stainless impact on me. I have never been in as romantic city as it was - and I've visited both Venice and Paris. Wow..

Ljubljaniski Grad, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Rainy day in Venice,

A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.
Arthur Symons

Venice is beautiful in any weather conditions!

Piazza San Marco, Venezia, Italy.

Tired travellers of the world,

Holly and Andreea tired after walking around Padova on our own Padova tour. The city isn't that big but it takes so much energy to go around after hard time starting the school and arranging everything ready for living.

Via XII Settembre, Padova, Italy.

One boring Sunday,

Homestreet from now to the next summer. If everything goes well. It's still summer here. I can wear only one longsleeved shirt!

Montà, Padova, Italy.

Homemade italian,

La famiglia italiana. I was lucky. The very first weekend, I spent in Italy, I spent with a true italian family, eating true homemade italian food.. which was GOOOD! Here is my roommates family. Papa Mario, Mama Lori, Zia Rita, Lilli and Anna.

Vestone, Lombardy, Italy.

Over the Alps to the unknown,

A view from the window from the flight to Venice. I think this is above the Alps. I'm looking forward to what is in front though I'm scared of it at the same time.

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.
Claude Bernard

Somewhere above the Alps, Italy.

Only one night more,

It's time to go. The luggages are packed. The one night beds are pumped and the companions are ready to send me to try my solo wings. I will miss you... so much.

Rasinkatu, Vantaa, Finland.

Iain,

A project for taking 5 pictures of a person and introducing him through them.

Länsisatama, Helsinki, Finland.

Intensive finnish course,

Laurea University of Applied Sciences welcomes hundreds of exchange students yearly to study in the Helsinki area. In the beginning there's arrange many kind of activities and help: picking up from the airport, getting the keys for their flats, signing up contracts, getting prepaids, intensive finnish course, city tour around Helsinki citycenter, welcoming party... Only getting tired is possible :)

Ida - a tutor - is teaching new exchangies finnish. On the board you can find the most important words to be taught to a newbie.

Leppävaara, Espoo, Finland.

I've had fun!

New exchangies arrived to Helsinki. Tuesday was a Barfly (Baarikärpänen) day, but since no-one really liked it there, we went to an Irish pub with a smaller group. From left, Robert from Austria, Laura (tutor, finnish), Timmy from Canada and Iain from Scotland.

Molly Malone's, Helsinki, Finland.

Smile happy smile,

Suvi and I in the promenade. We went for a trip to Stockholm for many reasons: Suvi's birthday, my farewell, school starting, holiday ending, being together with friends. A cruiser ship, some long drinks, ciders and shots. The meal is ready for a nice little ride and a day spent in Stockholm, Sweden.

She's one of the sweetest girls I've ever met.

Sergels torget, Stockholm, Sweden.

Happy birthday, babyboy.

My tall little brother turned 18. When he was born, he got a tree like that with pacifier's for everyday of the week. This is when he became from the last child to (legally) adult in our family and got a tree full of plectra's.. I think there's more than one for every day of the week and a box for them, of course :)

In finnish the string of a guitar is called the same as tongue. See the meaning of the picture.

Angremare, Korppoo, Finland.

Advertising,

When did you last see an ad that you talked home about? I think that entrance was to a commercial office. Very effective wouldn't you say?

Freda, Helsinki, Finland.

Hazy for being tired,

I've been working a lot. This is on the way home. In a bus. So tired.

Koivuhaka, Vantaa, Finland.

Summer,

The summer so far has gone by so fast and it's been one of the best ones - without doubt. Still sometimes I walk sideways too, am under constraction, but life is no one way street.

Hietaniemi, Helsinki, Finland.

Verkan,

I spent 3 days in our summer cottage with mom alone. Whenever I get the chance to do that, I remember how much I enjoy it. There's very few that can reach the level of comfortable that I have with her. In good and bad :)

Verkan, Korppoo, Finland.

Challenge of 7,

I was very bored during some weeks and lacking the motivation for photographing. In some journals there was a challenge. Tell 7 facts or habits of yours. This one of them in my series of the answer.

Rasinkatu, Vantaa, Finland.

:(

24.6.-30.6.2007 and 1.-7.7.2007 I suffer from lack of photography motivation. So much work. So much else to think about. Absolutely no pictures from those weeks.

Explanations,

Someone sent me a flower via internet, so I printed it out and set it on the kitchen table. I just wish it was real.

I've noticed that the cleaning job I do now, during summer, takes out all the creativity there is left in me. Just taking pictures is hard, because the job takes most of the day. After I get home around 9pm, I'm tired enough to go to bed and sleep until 10 the next morning when I'm in hurry to go to work already.

Rasinkatu, Vantaa, Finland.

Why do all good things must come to an end?

I will miss this. Many times, a lot and much.

Above: Bay of Töölö, Helsinki, Finland.
Below: Nils, Hakan, Laura, Jacek and Behcet.
In front of Cafe Ursula, Helsinki, Finland.

Picture on the very last moment.

While listening Keith Urban sings Alone in this house again tonight. I got the TV on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine.

We are watching the same sunset. In a second it's gone.

Rasinkatu, Vantaa, Finland.

Dandelions.

Yes, summer really is here. Everyday overruns +20 C.
So why not bike to work?

Nils and Hakan.
Old City, Naantali, Finland.

I want to see you soon again!

The exchange students are starting to say goodbye. Some of them have left already and the rest are starting to fear/wait for this to end.

But don't go just yet. Watch the sun set with me.

Kallvik, Helsinki, Finland.

Nuuksio

Nuuksio with 3 guys. For some silence is a pressure, for some it's love, beauty and frizzling sausage near the fire.

Nuuksio, Espoo, Finland.

Laurea On Boat

Twice a year hundreds of students pack to a cruiser sailing between Helsinki and Stockholm. This time it's not Goom, like you would first think. It's LOB. VIP cruise for Laurea Universities students. This year also some from Luleå University, Sweden.

Cruiser, somewhere between Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.

Vappu in Barcelona

Les Corts, Barcelona, Spain.

Barcelona

Carlos was funny when explaining why he didn't have black socks on. "I have 3 pairs. 2 of them are dirty and one fell from the window."

Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain.

Especially good week,

It's 3am and we were just getting started.
Nils, I and Laura.

Jokiniemi, Vantaa, Finland.

Welcome Spring,

It's one of those tedious Sunday's.
Hirvensalo, Turku, Finland.

Brusting,

Angermare, Korppoo, Finland.

Album Cover: Abstinent Obsession

3 days.

Helsinki-Vantaa airport, Vantaa, Finland.

Shh!

Masala, Espoo, Finland.

St. Petersburg

Prospekt Prosveshcheniya, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

What? Why?

A picture a week.

Make sure that you get out at least once a week
and take some photos (film or digital).

Then post the image that you think is the best.
(I'm flexible in this one, since there is good and bad weeks.
But there still always has to be at least one picture!)
It may not be a good image, but post it anyway.

From Monday to Sunday.