Kevät

From the window you can see that, with Eero, also arrived the Spring
Dende la ventana podeis ver que, xunto con Eero, llegó la primavera

Eero

el paisanín llegó'l 25.03.2009 a les 14:15 con 3,105 kg, 48 cm

Kallio in red

Karhut

With the arrival of the Spring the bears got active. A mother with two cabs were spotted by two women hiking around Nuuksio (Natural Park well known by our visitors). The two hikers had to be picked up with an helicopter. Via...
Cola llegada la primavera los osos salieron a dar una vueltina. Dos paseantes nel parque natural de Nuuksio (bien conocíu poles nuestres visites) toparon una madre con dos esbardos. Les escursionistes tuvieron que ser recoyíes n'un helicópteru. Via...

The bikes are waiting for the spring
Les bicis tan esperando pola primavera

Rock & Cabaret in Kallio

Next Saturday 21.3 burlesque show at Lepakkomies with Lady Flo/Lady Elvis, The Itty Bitty Tease Cabaret, Club Wanted, The Lo-Lites ...
El prósimu sábadu 21.3, show de cabaret en Lepakkomies con Lady Flo/Lady Elvis, The Itty Bitty Tease Cabaret, Club Wanted, The Lo-Lites ...

Del nome d'estes tres tiendes, cuál vos llama más la atención?

Jääpallo

Being in Kallio we have the opportunity to sneak into Bandy games (not Ice Hockey). One week ago Helsinki's team HIFK beat Pori's Narukerä 10-2
Tando'n Kallio podemos colanos nos partíos de "Jääpallo/Bandy" (nun ye Hockey en xelu). La selmana pasada l'equipu Helsinki HIFK ganó a Narukerä de Pori 10-2

Dripping

The snow is going little by little and these guys below don't stop dripping
La nieve va marchando y los señores d'abaxu nun paren de pingar

Wanha Kaarle

In Wanha Kaarle you will find all kind of retro stuff, design lamps, toys, Arabia antiques... The Brazilian vendor is fun too
En Wanha Kaarle encuentres coses retro prestoses, llámpares, tazes y platos antiguos d'Arabia, xugetes... El dependiente Brasileñu también tien coña

Simplicity

Another thing I like is the simplicity of urban furniture in Finland. As an example this street lamp hanging in front of Kallio's library Otra cosa que me presta ye yo simple que ye'l mobiliaru urbanu en Finlandia. Como exemplu esta farola (o llámpara, ya que nun tien pié) delantre la biblioteca de Kallio

Antes qu'el xelu marche...

Before the ice goes we had a wonderful walk on the frozen sea with the best company
... aprovechamos el domingu pa dar un paseín na mar xelada cola meyor compañía

Stencylvania

Stencylvania is a cool site about Finnish street art
Stencylvania ye una web mui prestosa d'arte urbanu Finés

Lex Nokia

From now on in Finland, and thanks to the pressure of Nokia, public and private employers can have access at the e-mails of the employees. Via...
A partir d'hoi en Finalndia los empleadores públicos y privaos pueden acceder a tolos e-mails de los empleaos. Más n'El País...

Nubes de güelga xeneral

The Finnish government is promoting a new law where the minimum retirement age would be 65. Some unions are threatening with a general strike if the law goes through. In the photo a demonstration in Helsinki from the last general strike in 1956
El gobiernu Finés ta promoviendo una llei na que la edá mínima de xubilación queda en 65 años. Dalgunos sindicatos yá tan amenazando con güelga xeneral. Na foto una mani en Helsinki na última güelga xeneral en 1956

Hissi

It is difficult to see (in Asturies at least) that kind of old elevators. This one is in our current place
N'Asturies ye difícil topar tovía ascensores tan vieyos. Esti ta na casa onde tamos agora

Cosiquines

Walking around our present block one find such things. In this case I cannot make sense of it. It reads (literally) "it comes the train that will fix the hump" but I don't get it. Also I don't recognize the guy in the photo, it looks like Gorbachev with the eyebrows of Breznev. Any ideas?
Caminando cerca la casa na que tamos agora encuéntreste con estes cosines. El casu ye que ésta pegatina nun la acabo de pillar. Lliteralmente trae "vien el tren qu'arregla la xepa", amás nun sé quién ye'l paisanu. Dáseme un aire a Gorbachov coles ceyes de Breznev. Idees?

Nun mos falta de nada

In Alppiharju, the area of Kallio where we're in, we are very close to all the basic services one can think of. As an example the photo above: "paints at 2,2 euros all day". More photos of a walk around the block below
N'Alppiharju, la zona de Kallio onde tamos agora, tenemos tolos servicios básicos a tiru de piedra. Por exemplu na foto enrriba: "pintes a 2,2 euros too'l día". Fotos d'una vuelta a la manzana embaxu

Change of landscape

We're back to Kallio for a while. Less trees and more police
De vuelta a Kallio por una temporadina. Menos árboles y más policía

Ikkunat taas!

While the renovation of the pipes lasts (ca. two months), these are our provisional views
Mientres renueven les tuberíes (unos dos meses), estes son les nuestres vistes provisionales

Xente nel Metro

In Helsinki the mixing of cultures is getting more conspicuous. Here some portraits of people riding on the subway (include myself) , via...
En Helsinki la meciagaya cultures cada día nótase más. Esta ye una buena muestra lo que t'encuentres viaxando nel Metro (yo incluyíu), via...

Wii Overdose

In contrast with the Finns, our Asturian friends spent Shrove Tuesday (Carnival) like this
Así pasaron el martes d'antroxu les amistaes asturianes, mientres equí...

Laskiaistiistai

Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday. In Finland, people traditionally goes to play with their sledges and eat these buns (below)
En Finlandia'l martes d'Antroxu la xente nun se disfraza. La tradición ye tirase colos trineos y comer esos bollos (abaxu)

Mental Finland

Mental Finland is a theatre play about Europe in 2069. A dark comedy that looks fun and interesting. The aesthetics remind me of the Leningrad cowboys. We have to wait to see it in Helsinki till next September
Mental Finland ye una comedia negra sobre Europa nel añu 2069. Esta obra de teatro tien una pinta interesante y la estética recuérdame a los Leningrad Cowboys. Pa vela en helsinki tenemos d'esperar al prósimu setiembre

Raparperi

On weekends, rhubarb pie :)
Los fines de selmana, tarta de ruibarbu :)

Back to urban life

Some stickers in the centre of Helsinki. Next two months you may see this kind of photos rather than the landscapes around Herttoniemi. We move back to Kallio for about two months, while the plumbing renovation at our place goes on
Algunes pegatines pol centru. Nos prósimos dos meses vereis más fotos d'esti tipu yá que cambiamos los paisaxes de Herttoniemi pol barriu de Kallio. Eso será por dos meses y picu, mientres renueven les tuberíes nel nuestru edificiu

Suurlähetystössä

Left fist raised and shouting "hooray for the Republic!" was the greeting I've got yesterday when entering the Spanish embassy.
It took me few seconds to realize what was going on: one of the employees saw the small Spanish republican flag I wear on my coat. Usually, in the embassy and similar buildings, surrounded by photos of the royal family and monarchic flags, I tend to assume that everybody working there shares the values that these symbols represent. That specific employee seemed a bit hostile other times but this time was particularly helpful. I need some therapy for my prejudices
Col puñu izquierdu n'altu y glayando "Salud y república!" fue como me recibieron ayer na embaxada d'España.
Llevome un par de segundos decatame de lo que taba pasando: el funcionariu la entrada vió la banderina republicana que llevo cosida nel abrigu. Normalmente, dentro de la embaxada y edificios similares, rodiáu de banderes bicolor y fotos reales, tengo la impresión de que toos los que trabayen ellí comulguen colo qu'esos símbolos representen. Esi funcionariu en particular paeciome secu otres veces pero ayer ayudome mucho coles xestiones. Tengo de faceme mirar los mis prexuicios

Hieno Ilma

The sun shines in yet another winter day
Llevamos una buena racha de díes soleyeros

Kateus-Envidia-Envy

Our Asturian friends know how how to take care of themselves. Aigh...
Los nuestros amiguinos/es d'Asturies sí que saben como cuidase. Aigh...

Rutines

We have plenty of snow this winter. Every morning we have to clean the car. My niece loved to do so during her last visit
Esti iviernu nun nos falta la nieve. Cada día hai de llimpiar el coche antes de subise. A la mi sobrina encantó-y facelo cuando nos visitó

Feliz cumpleaños Darwin!

This is a bit off-topic but worth to do so. Today is the 200 anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Thanks to him we have a better understanding of the natural world, he (amongst others) set us free of many superstitions. Even I earn my living developing and testing his ideas. Thanks!
Esto salse de la temática del blog pero merez la pena. Hoi ye l'aniversariu del nacimientu Charles Darwin. Graciés a él entendemos meyor cómo funciona y cambia la vida nel planeta. Les sus idees (xunto coles d'otros) sacaronnos de muches supersticiones. Soi afortunáu por trabayar nel desarrollu les sos idees. Gracies!

At home he has a preferential place :)
En casa tien un sitiu preferente :)

Ydinvoimala Helsinkiin?

By 2020 the energy supply in Helsinki area could come from nuclear power. On the table there is a proposal to build a power plan and the decision will be taken next winter. On the photo a similar plan proposed in the eighties.
Update, the new in English here
Alredor 2020 el suministru d'enerxía na zona de Helsinki puede ser d'orixe nuclear. Na mesa hai una propuesta pa facer una central y la decisión tomarase l'iviernu que vien. Na foto un plan parecíu de los años 80 pala ciudá
Actualización, la noticia n'Inglés equí

Varo!

You don't need to know Finnish to get the idea of what's this sign about
Nun se necesita saber Finés pa tener una idea de qué va esta señal

Yksivärinen - Monocolor

Today the sky was as white as the ground
Hoi el cielu taba tan blancu como'l suelu

Löyly-MM

The masochistic world sauna championship next autumn. Bring some lobster to cook along
El mundial de sauna pa cafres na prósima seronda. Traer unes andariques pa coceles de pasu

Nueche d'iviernu sin nieve

Forssa

View from the kitchen window at Anne's mother home in Forssa
Vista dende la ventana la cocina na casa la madre d'Anne en Forssa

Malmö 2006

In September 2006 we visited Vicente and the Turning Torso
En setiembre 2006 visitamos a Vicente y el "Turning Torso"

I know many people in Spain is fed up with Calatrava but this building is cool, isn't it?
Yá sé que Calatrava fiede n'España, pero esti edificiu ye chulo, no?

The intrepid photographers
Los avezaos fotógrafos

Ei tänäkään vuonna - Esti añu tampoco

The song Lose Control of Waldo's people has been selected to represent Finland in this year Eurovision's song contest. I don't see enough kitsch spirit in this group to get very far in the competition plus they sing in English (buuu!). Other candidates were more kitsch-heavy (but off-key) and pop (quite nice if they wouldn't sing in English)
Lose Control de Waldo's people ye la canción que representará Finlandia esti añu n'Eurovisión. Una decepción, fálta-yos el componente hortera (amás de cantar n'Inglés) y ganaron a espenses d'otros grupos más prestosos habíalos heavie-hortera (pero fuera tono) y poperos (mui prestosos si nun cantasen n'Inglés)