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Think about planning a trip in the cold Finnish autumn. Where could you go? Mmm, let’s go to Pisa! Think about the beautiful Piazza dei Miracoli, the leaning tower. Ah, it’s everybody’s dream, isn’t it? Ok, let’s have a look at the map then:
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I’ve just got back from Tromsø. It’s the third time I go there to attend the Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF). As I already said for the 2003 and 2004 edition, I love this tiny-but-extremely-lively town of the far north (it takes still 700 km to get there from Oulu), and the film festival is a good occasion to visit […]
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Nice ad from YLE1, the first channel of the Finnish national television. Sorry, I’ve got it only in Finnish and Italian 🙁 Have a nice journey anyway. Read Dear travel companions
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This morning I’m supposed to leave for a journey by motorcycle to Lapland. But from my page about the weather in Oulu I read: Report for Oulu, Finland. Last update: 29 minutes ago, at 05:50 EET. Wind: 2.1 meters per second from southeast (140°). Temperature: 0 °C The temperature felt like -3 °C. Pressure: 1026 hPa. The sky was overcast […]
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. From the poem “To the virgins, to make much of time” by Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
Read moreEeehh, amici amici, quando iniziai a studiare la lingua finlandese mi imbattei in parecchie parole interessanti, che potrebbero essere fraintese in un contesto diverso (tipo in Italia). Per cui mi venne l’idea di condividere la mia ilaritè con Rocco Tanica e Faso, che a loro volta si permisero di condividerla con gli ascoltatori della trasmissione radiofonica “Cordialmente…” in onda su […]
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Belonging to the huge crowd of Finnish speaking Eyeties, I’ve always wondered why (and why just in Italy) a rather important winter clothes brand has the Norwegian flag on its clothes and the Finnish word Napapijri (Artic circle) on it. Later on, I discovered that “Napapijri” is actually the name of that brand. And what shocked me the most: “napapijri” […]
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Once upon a time I used to climb. That was fun. Then I stopped, for many reasons. None of them is a good one. However I managed to get shot (and I survived) in a short video by the young director from Rovaniemi called Panu P. I do believe it’s worth watching it (and laughing). The climbing video, called Never […]
Read moreE vabbeh, facciamoci ddu’ risate. A distanza di un certo numero di anni, i documenti diventano storia. Questo ne è un esempio. I file audio qui sotto presentati contengono la registrazione di alcune canzoni (su base midi e non) cantate da un poco credibile coro di voci roche nel lontano chisseloricorda? 1998? boh, qualcosa del genere. A cantare davanti a […]
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My good old honest motorcycle has today reached the target of 80 000 km. That’s quite a lot, although I have to say that at least 30 000 km out of them have been spent on the A11 motorway going from Pistoia to the Uni in Florence. However, I just realised that I have never spent a word (neither a […]
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