around the world with ipuenktchen

We left Finland after 10 days from HKI airport for HAMBURG airport.. found nobody to pick us up.. it's always so strange to arrive in germany.. but with the help from other passengers we reached to get a ticket for the train via hamburg mainstation and via uelzen as usual to HANNOVER!!! Again a strange moment... but got successfull.... as my ancient classmate wellcomed us with a big smile and then we spent our first night in my originally hometown - yeeeaaaahhh....!!!!!!

The reason I got pushed again for finland was of course the great finnish postcrossing community who announced a large meetup!! Finally joined 100 ppl from 14 countries at the opportunity of the FINLANDIA stamp exhibition 2017!!!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomins

So I had two main reasons to make my hubby agreed for finland... the other reason was to meet again my 'best friend' anu from olden times in hamburg who is living in TAMPERE.. before we'll get too old and no more able to do this....

sorryyyyyyyyy... THREE main reasons!! the third is this::::



As we stood 6 days in TRE there was time enough for all of them!!!! And we had great moments with our old friends as well as with our postcrossing buddies!!!! And also to see and learn more about FI...
of course I had my traveltoys with me!!!!!!!!!



- alter postbus


- stadtrundfahrt - Dom zu Tampere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampere_Cathedral - painting Hugo Simberg inside the cathedral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Simberg - Sääksmäen silta, Valkeakoski - atelier sculptor emil wikstrom, Valkeakoski (Sääksmäki) https://www.visavuori.com/en/visavuori-2/the-house-and-studio-of-emil-wikstroem - cafe im alten arbeiterhaus - finlayson Then we said goodbye and left TRE terminal via HKI for HAMBURG!!!!!!

HELSINKI & SUOMENLINNA

since years my hubby wouldn't accept to come to FI as he knews this as a country with a very low temperature, even in summer... hahaha... who told him this?????? he never believed me, although I had been there twice!!!!! omg...

and so when we finally started our holiday trip 2017 and leaved the plane in HEL airport, he really got thrilled when he understood there is a very good weather, better than in IR and better than in DE at that time!!!!!!!!!!!! hohohooooooo!!!!!!!



Thx god my dear friend kilona from PC picked us up from the HKI airport (HEL) and it was a fantastic help for us to reach easily our hotel in katajanokka!!!

We stood there for three days - it was my third time in this beautiful country and so I could give my hubby a good impression of this great city!!! it was so great for me to show him finally many of the beauties of this fantastic country in my third stay there!!!!!!!!!!!!

- helsinki Dome


- Uspenski Cathedral


- suomenlinna WHS

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- sibelius monument




- felsendom

- gr kirche

- HKI main railway station


the helsinki central station, inaugurated in 1919, first designed in finnish national romanticism, then changed into classicism and art deco, with this great statues made by emil wikstroem - we visited his atelier not far from tampere, I think in valkeakoski.. love him!!!!


HOLIDAYS 2017 - from FI to DE...........

It was only my fault and nothing else...
Got extremly busy to prepare our holidays end of may... to finland and germany.. more than 2 months.. during the holidays less connection to the world wide web.. back home found son2 and his family with us for a longer stay because of a reconstruction of their home!!! The goal??!? Yessss, they ned a second room for the kids.. and furtherhin they planned another surprise.. will tell you later.. pls be patient!!!!!

So they packed their whole household and brought lots of this to ferdows to stay in our souterrain!!! And so nothing is here like before... hehe... the house is large enough and with so many opportunities inside and outside and we love it to be with them...!!!!!!

But reading this you may imagine that our life is not the same like before.. calm and quiet... hehehe.... only recently when the kiddies left for ardabil to see the other grandparents and waiting for the cousin-to-be... I got able to think for our own life and things to do... although up from the first day we missed them all counting the days untill they will be back again!!!!!!!!!

So I've time to show you some impressions from our great holidays...

We went via istanbul directly to HELSINKI.. finally finland for my husband!!!!! He never accept before because of its temperatures mostly less than zero.. hahaha.... who told him this????? Thx god when we left the plane a gorgeous blue sky with fully sunshine and a nice temperature!!!!!!!! He got really thrilled!!!!! And as I expected he got immediately friend with this great country & great ppl. Specially in the beautiful capital beside the sea!!!!!!

hopefully all our family here & there and our dear friends and buddies and followers will spend nice easter holidays 2017!!!!!!!

here you may have a look at the lucky countries, which had done issues of special postcrossing stamps, and even some of them twice:

14.10.2011 the netherlands
09.09.2013 finland
05.10.2013 letony
02.01.2014 weißrussland
28.05.2014 guernsey
25.01.2015 russia
29.05.2015 slowenia
02.09.2015 czech rep
09.10.2015 ukraine
07.11.2015 kasachstan
23.12.2015 bulgaria
25.03.2016 russia
29.03.2016 the netherlands
21.05.2016 austria
14.07.2016 poland
14.07.2016 guernsey
03.01.2017 weißrussland
24.02.2017 romania
.........2017 ireland
.........2017 Suisse