Faces of Finland

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OK, so I got a little distracted by a death in the family, a beautiful fall day and an interesting word challenge, but here is the last installation of pictures from my Finland trip. These are my personal favorites: the people.


These are such a beautiful people! Everyone was so kind and friendly. Perhaps the trees all started to look the same after awhile, but I never, ever got tired of watching the people...



I have a baby picture that looks just like this...




We were amused by the Japanese tourists posing for pictures with the little Finnish kids















Shane reaquaints with and old friend--she has held on for 26 years to the book he gave her
























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