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The dancing part. It’s Thursday morning. And it’s raining again. Steadily. Still, those of us who are booked on the cruise to Helsinki can use the few remaining hours between breakfast and boarding the bus to take us to the …

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The Sami farmstead. One area of particular interest to me was the Sami farmstead. I first learned a little about the Sami when I saw a Russian film called Kukushka (or in English) The Cuckoo. The movie is comprised almost …

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(Disclaimer: Yes, I know the correct pronunciation is SKAHN-sn but you probably didn’t know that and you do know that I’m compulsive.) After my visit to the Vasa Museum, I took another peek at the queue outside the Abba Museum and, thinking …