Helsinki The man from Nokia said to meet him at the Hotel Kamp in the lobby, it was a landmark hotel right on the Esplanadi, the main downtown walkway going to the sea in Helsinki. It was easy to find, though my first lobby, elegant, ancient and refined, turned out to be the …
Category: International
Red-Nosed Helsinki
Helsinki I woke up to a drizzle with fall in full force and Helsinki wrapped in dark and damp and large yellowed leaves everywhere. Walking the couple of kilometers to my first meeting gave me a sense of “downtown” in the city, and I finally figured out that I had not been running …
Russian Notes
Helsinki With apologies and the request for forbearance from all of my other readers I would like to once again honor my father’s usual request for other details and place notes on what is different or unique about Russia as it struck me personally on my visit. So by nature of his usual …