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...the yellow penthouse...the foreign girls' flat...a place where spiders and tonttus run amuck...a weekend haven for ogres (with onion-like personalities nonetheless!)...knitting clubs...juhlas...compulsive Finnish labeling (even the shower didn't escape a nametag)...endless pulla in the oven and in your stomach...and forever haunted by the ghost of Oskari.... Tervetuloa Keltaiseen Taloon!!! |
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Travels |
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Helsingin Tuomiokirkko ~ Sightseeing with relatives in Helsinki on my first day in Finland |
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Temppeli Aukio ~ Helsinki's underground church |
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The Jean Sibelius Organ Memorial in Helsinki |
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Yliopistokatu! Arrival to Oulu 1 September 2001 |
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View of Pykkösjärvi from my room on the 8th floor of the Yellow Penthouse |
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In the Oulu forest ~ picking puolukkaa, Lindsay and Jennifer |
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Ozzies Sez and Shaz |
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Chillin' at Mira's the night before my birthday |
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Lindsay's 19th |
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My first Finnish snow in Kuusamo... September 29th!!! |
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In a private museum with rukinlapoja (thing for a spinning wheel) and other artifacts from Pohjanmaa |
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With my Tandem Partner, Eeva-Maija, in the best restaurant in Tallinn, Estonia |
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Shannon's birthday on the beach under the Koff umbrella |
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Mira and Milla's 20th |
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The birth of OSKARI!!!!! |
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Finnish viking |
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International Halloween 1 ~ The gang... |
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Some more Halloween-goers |
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Tom and Chris the pirate and saunamies, respectively |
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Stella Polaris' first exhibition ~ Junior Short Program |
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Stella Polaris ~ Eka Valintakilpailu (First Qualifying Competition) in Helsinki |
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Walking around Kuivasjärvi ~ Mira, Jennifer, Shannon, Sarah |
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Playing Afrikan Tähti in Café Bisketti |
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In front of NeliViitonen with matching Marimekko |
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Terve Mates 2001: Jennifer, Saída, Lindsay, Shannon, Sarah |
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A day in the Finnish sun for... Avanto Uinti (ice swimming) at Tuira |
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Reindeer at Santa's Village in Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle |
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Arctic Circle! |
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Ready for Pikku Joulu at 45 |
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Chillin' at the Pikku Joulu at 45 Special |
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Two and 1/2 Spanish... at the Spanish-Finnish Navidad-Joulu |
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Lindsay and Maria at the Toinen Valintakilpailu (second qualifying competition) ~ Kuopio |
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Neighbors of the 8th floor, yellow building |
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Jenniferi ja Sarah Caiossa |
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Don't eat the gingerbread house yet, Shannon!!! |
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Our lovely Christmas tree... that "lived" to see May 2002 |
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Tonttus and spiders on our Spanish beach! |
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Pikku Joulu on Yliopistokatu! |
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Syksy Terve Mates 2001 ~ showing off the shirts! |
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Guests Tommi, Diego, Fran, Monse and Peter at our Pikku Joulu |
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Killi and her Äiti |
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Siesta!!!! (too much Joulu...) |
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Lapland and -28 degrees Celcius! |
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Returning from chopping the Christmas tree |
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The real santa went to Nivunkijärvi ~ not Kemi ;) |
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Kaamos! ...the period of time in Lapland during the winter when the sun never rises above the horizon |
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Visiting the husky farm |
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Chilling with the Oulu Poliisi on New Year's Eve |
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Euroavaus! Switching from the Finnish markka to the euro on New Year's 2002 |
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Our new Russian flatmates arrive! Tervetuloa! |
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Shannon and Lindsay |
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Stella Polaris skates an exhibition |
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Getting ready to skate the free program... |
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Stellat in front of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France ~ en route to the French Cup in Rouen |
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A random building in Paris |
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Kaisa in Rouen |
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Stellat ~ after the short program in Rouen |
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Kaisa and Lindsay |
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Sauna tanssi in the stands... showing the suomalainen spirit |
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Another scene from my room |
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One of our smaller dinner parties... |
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Happy Birthday Olga!!! |
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A day downtown for some skating |
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Linz, Sai and Speltincx check out the Sampo ice-breaker boat in Kemi |
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Sai de-maturing in the pallomeri at the Kemi Snowcastle |
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Three in the honeymoon suite at the Lumi Linna Hotel????? |
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Church in Kemi |
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A Friday night of dancing at the Radisson SAS |
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Halloween and a Half!!! (April 13th) ...Katerina, Lindsay, Anne, Tomás, Saída, Olga and Natasha ... and the ghost of Oskari in his prime!!! |
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Terrorist, doctor, Mexican, maid, angel, eggplant and Saami... |
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Yliopistokatu's Angels: Sai - red, Massimo - white, Natash - black |
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Dancing Angels? |
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Un movimiento sexy ~ Spanish dancing consumes the night! |
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A night of formal Taboo |
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Traffic in Lapland |
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Demonstration of traditional Saami reindeer husbandry techniques, Inari |
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A Saami kota, Inari |
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Rebecca and Jennifer at our cabin in Inari |
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Pykkösjärvi again from my window |
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Mummo ja Isoisä come to visit Oulu ... pulla time!! |
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Sporting the haalarit in preparation for... VAPPU!!!! |
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Vappu Aato ~ Vappu Eve ... Lindsay and Mira in Ainola Puisto |
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The Fuksi Kaste ~ baptisms for the first year technical students |
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Vappu Eve continues... preparing for an evening of madness... |
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Vappu party at Ulla's |
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Vappu Day at the Rotuaari ~ Mira and Lindsay ... such a beautiful Finnish day! |
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Hietasaari beach |
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Our archaeological excavation in Yli-Ii at the Kierikki Keskus |
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Sauna tytöt: Linz, Sai, Z |
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Spanish chicas Enara, Junkal, Saída, Sabela and Veronica |
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Crazy fiesta-ing at Sai's wicked mad crazy Spanish party!! |
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More craziness at the fiesta |
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Sai leaves Oulu |
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Lindsay, Zharina, Zdenka at Zharina's for sauna and Czech dinner á la Zdenka |
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Savonlinna's Olavilinna |
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A few exchange students left at Caio |
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A Juhannus (midsummer) sauna at Raudanjoki |
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Lake in Raudanjoki |
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| Travels... RussiaTParisTLaplandTBaltic StatesTIberia |
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Catherine's Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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PECTOPAH ~ Crazy experience while trying to order dinner in a Russian restaurant on our first night in St. Pete's |
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Statue of Peter the Great ~ St. Pete's |
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Spas Na Krovi ~ Resurrection of Christ Church ~ St. Pete's |
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Winter Palace ~ Meng, Paco, Rafa, Zdenka and Lindsay in front of the Hermitage Museum, St. Pete's |
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Moscow! |
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The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow |
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The Kremlin, Moscow |
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Party in Moscow! Ale, Linz, Bea, Petra, Mario, Nicola, Rafa, Chimo, Paco, Zdenka and Natalia |
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World War II memorial, St. Petersburg |
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Castle in Viipuri, Karjala ~ Vyeborg, Karelia, Russia |
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Olga and Kate in front of a fountain in Paris, France |
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Lindsay and Ondra hanging around the head sculpture in front of Perse Park... |
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L'Arc de Triomphe |
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Straddling the Arctic Circle ~ Pello, Finland |
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Kilpisjärvi is frozen!! (May 31st) |
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Winding road among the fjords in northern Norway |
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City of Tromsø, Norway |
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Gnarly arctic birches ~ on an island off the coast of Tromsø, Norway |
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Island off the coast of Tromsø, Norway ... where we caught a bunch of cod for dinner in the Arctic Ocean |
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Norwegian fjords |
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Kvæmangsfjel... among the fjords en route to Nordkapp |
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Tundra landscape |
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Nordkapp, Norway! The northern-most point in Europe: 71º 10' 21" N |
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The edge of the world (really!)... North Pole straight ahead!! |
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Midnight sun in Inari, Finland |
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Lindsay, Lucy, Zharina and Fay in front of the wooden church ~ Sodankylä, Finland |
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Entering Vanalinn, Tallinn, Estonia ~ the Great Coast Gate and Fat Margaret bastion (Paks Margareeta) in Old Town |
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Tallinn's rooftops |
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Vanalinn Päevad (Old Town days) celebration with kantele playing |
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Riga, Latvia |
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Russian Orthodox Cathedral ~ Riga, Latvia |
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Cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania |
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Vilnius, Lithuania |
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Gedimino Kalnas (Gediminas Hill), upper castle's tower ~ Vilnius, Lithuania |
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Mercat Sant Josep "Boqueria" ~ La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain (Catalunya) |
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Port Vell (Old Port) ~ Barcelona |
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La Rambla del Mar in Port Vell ~ Barcelona |
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1992 Summer Olympic Torch, Mt. Montjüic, Barcelona |
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A constipated street performer, La Rambla, Barcelona |
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Even the statues go all out for International Gay/Lesbian Weekend... |
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La Plaza de Toros, Valencia |
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Tracy in Valencia |
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Fuente (Fountain) in the Plaza de Ayuntamiento, Valencia |
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A buena vista en route... |
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Palacio de Comunicaciones, Madrid |
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La Plaza Mayor ~ King Felipe III on his horse, Madrid |
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Paco shows us around Madrid |
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Sisters at an Arabian summer palace in Morocco |
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Cave of Hercules, northern Moroccan coast |
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Lindsay rides a camel |
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Lindsay in a fez... |
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Moroccan Flags, Tanger |
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Tanger's mosque |
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A view of Gibraltar from La Línea, Spain |
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Plaza de España, Sevilla, Spain |
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Rooftops in Lisbon, Portugal |
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Lindsay and Tracy atop Castelo de S. Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal |
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Lindsay and a Portuguese navigator |
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Tracy and the boys |
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Lindsay, Tracy, Sai... in the cemetary, above Marqués de Comillas ~ Comillas, Spain |
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Sai and Trace at the Magdalena, Santander, Spain |
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La Cordillera Cantábrica |
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Trace, Linz, Sai... suvivors of the death-defying telesférico ride in Fuente Dé, Spain |
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Fuente Dé |
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San Vincente de la Barquera ~ visiting Fran |
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Linz, Sai and Perrito in Bilbao, Spain |
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The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain |
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Chicas latinas ~ Z, Linz, Sai |
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Sai and don camello in Cantabria's largest zoo |
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One last Asereje... Suances, Spain |
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Lindsay.Gwyther@wmich.edu
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