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The Olde Worlde art of Finnish Earwigging

by BARR GREGORY February 12, 2010 British Expatriate

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I have always considered my self to be a fairly alert sort of person,I look at Finnish People on the streets,the Helsinki trams,Helsinki Metro,markets,and just about anywhere where there are people passing by going about their daily business,even Helsinki drunks.However as I see the Finnish People and have done so [...]

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Childhood memories of an Expatriate Kid

by BARR GREGORY February 5, 2010 British Expatriate

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: An off topic Blog post but I am sure will ring a bell for all of us born between 1930-1970.Finnish People think the same way by the way.I am of course referring to the modern Tech age that youngsters are currently living in.I leave it for you to make up [...]

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Reviews of Good Helsinki Hostels

by BARR GREGORY February 4, 2010 Finland

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: With the current price of hotels in most major cities increasing.Helsinki Finland is no exception!This Blog  post is aimed at student and backpack travellers who need for what ever reason to be aware of the costs of overnight accommodation.Helsinki has many hostels situated around the city,ideal for Holidays in Finland,each [...]

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Royal Hospital School,Holbrook mine & its History

by BARR GREGORY January 31, 2010 British Expatriate

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Where I live in Helsinki Finland,there is a secondary school right across the road from our house.No big deal you may say,but with youth finding and setting their own limits tends to make the surrounding area a little vivid at times.The students or school kids are not able to smoke [...]

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What happened Matti Nykänen?

by BARR GREGORY January 28, 2010 Finland

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I remembered the other day the man named Eddie Eagle Edwards.I am of course referring to Ski-Jumping.The last time I followed the sport I was following the likes of Janne Ahonen who plans to make a come back in 2009-2010.Good luck to him,but this post is aimed at what I [...]

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Three scenic ways to enter Finland

by BARR GREGORY January 26, 2010 British Expatriate

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Over the years that I have been resident in Helsinki,Finland as a British Expatriate,I have traveled to and from the country in many ways.Here are my tips for some of the most scenic travel entry routes in to Finland By plane to Helsinki Vantaa airport These reason I [...]

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Kamppi Helsinki and the Finnish drinkers

by BARR GREGORY January 24, 2010 British Expatriate

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Living in Helsinki for as long as I have and running this Blog you get to know a few people and places.One of the most enduring memories is the Finnish People love affair with alcohol.There are certain Finnish People and expatriates I regularly bump in to when circulating around Helsinki.When [...]

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Tampere Finland,a BlogSpot view

by BARR GREGORY January 22, 2010 Finland

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Tampere the second city of Finland I was reminiscing of the time many years ago that I used to visit and frequent Tampere,Finland,the second city of Finland.I am of course thinking of visiting the city again this spring/summer.Should you yourself be thinking of visiting Finland this summer,this BlogSpot ranks [...]

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