Fame and the Famous
Well, I will make an exception to my no-blogging about my travels again.
Today, our group was thrilled by the arrival of the President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, to the same institute where we are studying. She is supposedly taking art classes. We had heard how accessible she was, but this? There is a silver van with tinted windows in the back of the dorms. And she is being followed by two men...one buff, the other mean looking, but both with earpieces and interesting backpacks. Good prototypes of who the Finnish mafia needs, perhaps. Otherwise, though, she is a normal person. She eats in the cafeteria, gets and puts away her own food. She was headed to the sauna and the lake as I was heading up. (Non-buff bodyguard in a speedo was right behind her. I wonder how they do the sauna, since men and women are separated.) Right now, she is mingling with the others in the lounge. Check her out at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarja_Halonen
Also, our group of 27 people with Finnish heritage are big news here. At last count, we have had 6 different media groups come in to do interviews. Several students have been intereviewed, and most of the group was on the radio last Friday. Maybe your Finnish is good enough to find the interview at www.ylenaikainen.fi!
Enjoy!
Today, our group was thrilled by the arrival of the President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, to the same institute where we are studying. She is supposedly taking art classes. We had heard how accessible she was, but this? There is a silver van with tinted windows in the back of the dorms. And she is being followed by two men...one buff, the other mean looking, but both with earpieces and interesting backpacks. Good prototypes of who the Finnish mafia needs, perhaps. Otherwise, though, she is a normal person. She eats in the cafeteria, gets and puts away her own food. She was headed to the sauna and the lake as I was heading up. (Non-buff bodyguard in a speedo was right behind her. I wonder how they do the sauna, since men and women are separated.) Right now, she is mingling with the others in the lounge. Check her out at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarja_Halonen
Also, our group of 27 people with Finnish heritage are big news here. At last count, we have had 6 different media groups come in to do interviews. Several students have been intereviewed, and most of the group was on the radio last Friday. Maybe your Finnish is good enough to find the interview at www.ylenaikainen.fi!
Enjoy!
posted by Beth at 7:33 PM
1 Comments:
What's up with the Finnish Heritage Trip? I'm a little confused as to why you are in Finland.
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