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After many years without having a proper biking trip, this summer I tried to get back the feeling of long journeys. And I have to say I managed to do it pretty well.

With a total amount of 2224 km spanned in ten days, the trip day by day was as follows:

• 18.7. Oulu - Virrat - Tampere
• 19.7. Stay in Tampere for the Iron Maiden’s gig
• 20.7. Tampere - Hämeenlinna - Helsinki
• 21.7. Trip to Suomenlinna (not by bike)
• 22.7. Helsinki-Porvoo-Helsinki
• 23.7. Helsinki-(ferry)-Tallin-Haapsalu (Estonia)
• 24.7. Haapsalu-(ferry)-Kärdla-Kiudja-Kõpu-Ristna
• 25.7. Kiudja-Sõru-(ferry)-Triigi-Kurressaare-Mändjala
• 26.7. Mändjala-Kuivastu-(ferry)-Virtsu-Tallin-(ferry)-Helsinki
• 27.7. Helsinki-Valkeakoski-Oulu (almost 700 km in one day!)

So basically the journey was half in Finland and half in Estonia, including five ferries to get also to the island of Hiiumaa and Saaremaa. If you count on top of this that 800 km have been done in two people with tent and mattresses on the back, it was really a good seikkailu!

I have to say really enjoyed Estonia, still quite cheap (but I wonder for how long), wonderful sand beaches and nice people.

And, by the way, on the way back to Oulu, the Pegaso overtook 97000 km, just 3000 to the sixth figure!

Here below the detailed map of the journey, it might take a while to load: be patient, I said it was a long trip!

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Brilliant new pictures from the Midnight Sun Film Festival 2008

I’m quite sure if I get this cable connected…

… I can make the radio work!!!

 

 SR51 receiver working at 14.207 MHz [0:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

And if you can’t get it, the voice says: “Hello, this is EA3JE [it actually says: 'echo apple three juliet echo'], ehm, good evening and thank you for getting back to my call, you are five and eight, your signal report here in Barcelona, Spain, you’re five and eight”.

My dad found some pictures dating back 1994, the last year of my high school, when we organised a “worker management” situation, that is we occupied the school, not letting the teachers in, and taking lectures by ourselves.

Some pictures have apparently been taken, and developed by some of us. That’s why they look like they have been taken a hundred years ago. If it weren’t for the clothes, it’d make the trick. I’ll try to upload some more later on. And yes, I’m also in that picture, but guess if I tell you who I am!

Beautiful memories, a teardrop on the fire.

Asunto oli kyllä tarjolla, mut nyt on vuokrattu

… in a champagne supernova. I know, the quality of the video is not the best you might get, but hey, that’s what you get from a normal digital camera. And yes, the shadow shouting down there is me

 

 Champagne Supernova - Raffa live in PSK Kaupunni 30.1.2008 [4:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Thanks to Tytti for the footage!

What are we coming to?
What are we gonna do?
Blame it on the black star
Blame it on the falling sky
Blame it on the satellite that beams me home.

There we go with the grand finale of my interview upon Iran, taken from the web-radio programme Siee, Giuee, Accaso (in Italian). This time we’ll talk about transportation, neighbour countries and much, much more!

Here below the second part of my interview upon Iran, taken from the web-radio programme Siee, Giuee, Accaso. Still in Eyetie language, apologies to the non-Italian speakers… or a good way to learn it?

Here we go with the first part of a web-radio programme (Siee, Giuee, Accaso) in which I was interviewed about my journey to Iran (the interview is in Italian, sorry)