Re: far away from home

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/5/9 13:42:25

Interesting! I did once take a short jaunt to Finland from the NordKapp in Norway to visit what we called the Lapland when I went to school; I guess it's still referred to as Lapland but the indigenous people prefer to be called Samis as I remember. Back on the ship we got to within a few miles of Murmansk before heading back down the coast of Norway and then on to the Shetlands, Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and NYC. Nordkapp was fascinating, said to be the northern most populated place in Europe (though I'm sure the Russians would argue), well above the Arctic Circle. Picture for those who might be interested.

My other little trivial encounter with Finland was that years back I owned a WW II Italian military rifle which was overmarked with Finnish markings when the Italians were arming Finland for their war against Russia.

Apologies, didn't mean to start a travelogue. Probably should have been a PM and not a post.

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