tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10553414.post8335219300938498277..comments2007-03-14T12:56:22.358ZDemiannoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10553414.post-47169888332099010632007-03-14T12:56:00.000Z2007-03-14T12:56:00.000ZI'm shocked that you haven't visited in winter! To me, winter is Finland but that's because I haven't visited any other time and the winter is something of a culture shock to me. I suppose it's not that different to where you are now though.Demhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08862381519038962045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10553414.post-57069727770153426222007-03-07T02:12:00.000Z2007-03-07T02:12:00.000ZNow that's one experience I haven't had in Finland because I haven't visited in winter. Looks like lots of fun. I know what you mean by cry cold vs damp cold.Marja-Leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10553414.post-47792431671028058362007-03-06T22:47:00.000Z2007-03-06T22:47:00.000ZInc - strangely scandinavian cold isn't as cold as blighty cold. For one thing you dress properly so it feels like you're carrying a personal sauna around. For another thing the air is much drier and that makes a big difference. Also, Finns are actually quite nesh - they very rarely feel the cold because they wear so many clothes and keep their houses so hot. They marvel at northern lads and lasses oot on the toon in nobbut a vest of a neet when there's a gale blowin sleet doon from siberia like.<BR/><BR/>CdV - thanks for the comments and review of the book. I saw the review and thought it might be you but haven't got round to email you to ask. I did email you a preview copy last year some time, to your old claranet or whatever it was email that you had on L&TN. I'm glad you got to read it in the end. I hope your niece enjoys it!Demhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08862381519038962045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10553414.post-14079532603804355262007-03-06T21:50:00.000Z2007-03-06T21:50:00.000ZHi Dem. Enjoyed the photos. I quite liked the date in the corner but would have liked the time too to add to the sense of trip.<BR/><BR/>The book, by the way, is really lovely and wacky and wrapped for niece's birthday. A great book which deserves wide recognition, enjoyment and distribution. I wrote a review of it on Lulu.CdVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08963682408154574300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10553414.post-23958201064287937422007-03-05T09:09:00.000Z2007-03-05T09:09:00.000Zthat looks kinda cool (no pun intended), though even properly dressed minus twenty sounds a little on the chilly side for my tastes, but hell, never let the weather halt a good barbie!<BR/><BR/>love the colours in that photo, it makes it look quite hot there...Inconsequentialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03543390380268105131noreply@blogger.com