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Kaleva
(36,350 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,857 posts)Looks a lot like northern Minnesota (evergreens, ducks, swamps and bears) - no wonder a lot of Finnish people ended up there.
elleng
(131,118 posts)Maybe I'll go there some summer time! Thinking of St. Petersburg too!
UTUSN
(70,742 posts)By which I mean:
ITEM: You do *that* much exotic traveling?
ITEM: (We can skip: ) Without informing (notice I didn't say "asking" ME?!1
ITEM: However:: *I* want to *GO*!1
ITEM: I think I need to stop here.
elleng
(131,118 posts)in the past family, and I, and married family did a fair amount of European traveling. I've never been to Scandinavia and would like to, and as part of my ancestry is Russian and Petersburg seems to have a lot of items of interest, I've wanted to visit it.
Travel companions always 'useful!'
UTUSN
(70,742 posts)Why do inappropriate questions just POP into my mind?!1 STOP IT!1
elleng
(131,118 posts)Flaxbee
(13,661 posts)and then take the train or a summer cruise to St. Petersburg.
I was in Helsinki in the winter and took the train to St. Pete's.
Loved loved loved it.