I had some fun, handwriting a letter of introduction to Saara and her family who I am planning to meet up with whilst in Tampere. I wrote the letter in Finnish, by using an online translator. It was an interesting exercise, I had to re-write some sentences and words that became lost in translation. I …read more
When Nicola met up with us at our home for a planning meeting in June, she suggested that Naoise might want her to take something of his to Finland with her in July. A thing that Naoise could find when he arrived at the Takahunti Artcenter in September. This was a really thoughtful and …read more
A friend of mine Catherine Putz invited me to her home in Hebden Bridge and told me stories about her experiences of living and working in Tampere teaching English as a Foreign Language in 1979. She kindly showed me her photograph albums and leant me some books about Finland, including a 1970’s tourist guide to …read more