Take a look at Finland… Jul 10, 2019

"Swedes we are NOT, Ru… Jul 10, 2019

On another "Roots Trip… Jul 10, 2019

We spent a day with "c… Jul 10, 2019

Finland has 5.5 millio… Jul 10, 2019

For many years, Finlan… Jul 10, 2019

Some think that the "F… Jul 10, 2019

Here's some reindeer s… Jul 3, 2019

Here's the interior ce… Jul 3, 2019

Early Finns survived b… Jul 6, 2019

Sweden & Russia (Novgo… Jul 10, 2019

English Bishop Henry a… Jul 10, 2019

By the mid 13th centur… Jul 10, 2019

Sweden sent knights & … Jul 10, 2019

Gustavus II Adolophus … Jul 10, 2019

Gustavas III (reigned … Jul 6, 2019

Les is not part of Gus… Jul 6, 2019

Les' ancestress could … Jul 6, 2019

She might have served … Jul 6, 2019

Or carried a basket li… Jul 6, 2019

A bit of a contrast wi… Jul 6, 2019

Most likely she grew u… Jul 6, 2019

She might have eaten o… Jul 6, 2019

The cabins were often … Jul 6, 2019

How about sleeping on … Jul 6, 2019

Later Swedish kings we… Jul 10, 2019

After the Napoleonic W… Jul 10, 2019

New privileges: to res… Jul 6, 2019

Alexander moved the ca… Jul 10, 2019

Alex II (statue) in Se… Jul 4, 2019

Here's an early pictur… Jul 4, 2019

Here's the Orthodox Ch… Jul 4, 2019

Alexander II reigned f… Jul 6, 2019

This cartoon tells the… Jul 10, 2019

Life was extremely har… Jul 11, 2019

In 1906, Finland voted… Jul 11, 2019

The tradition of stron… Jul 11, 2019

The Finns, sparked by … Jul 10, 2019

Once again, Finland wa… Jul 10, 2019

Then mighty USSR tried… Jul 11, 2019

With no artillery & fe… Jul 11, 2019

The Russians ended up … Jul 11, 2019

With Karelia lost to t… Jul 11, 2019

Again, the "Dress" is … Jul 10, 2019

The Finns paid big-tim… Jul 11, 2019

Things got better, & t… Jul 11, 2019

President (somewhat a … Jul 11, 2019

Finland joined the EU … Jul 11, 2019

Enough history! What m… Mar 1, 2012

Here's Les' grandma "N… Jul 4, 2019

Sometimes saunas are i… Jul 11, 2019

near a typical summer … Jul 1, 2013

The sauna was first ch… Jul 11, 2019

Here's Les' great-aunt… Jul 11, 2019

Which leads us to anot… Jul 11, 2019

Another Finn Thing! Fi… Jul 10, 2019

An explanation of the … Jul 11, 2019

The spirit directing t… Jul 11, 2019

"Steady old Väinämö… Jul 11, 2019

There were many "singe… Jul 11, 2019

Here's a "song"(poem) … Jul 11, 2019

This singer is playing… Jul 11, 2019

In the Kalevala, anima… Jul 11, 2019

Micheal, our knowledge… Jul 4, 2019

Are these cuckoos? May… Jul 4, 2019

Animals in the myths c… Jul 4, 2019

Another Finn classic i… Jul 11, 2019

The 7 dog brothers do … Jul 17, 2019

They inherit their fat… Jul 17, 2019

The eventually decide … Jul 17, 2019

They live through disa… Jul 17, 2019

And eventually return … Jul 17, 2019

Of course it all ends … Jul 17, 2019