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OUR ADVENTURES
COMING BACK IN FINLAND, COMING BACK HOME
"Home sweet home", or this is the common though that the general knowledge wants to spread because of its natural presence within the human nature; anyway there a few exceptions, Finland surely one of the few within it.
Land of a warm sun, unceasing rain, piercing cold and strong wind, the most famous Nordic country between HIM’s fans at moment is surely a yearned goal to reach for the so called HIM tourism and for rock, metal and alternative music’s lovers, and place of big parties, drunkenness and lovely pubs full of the nightly population of the Great North; or this is the situation in the capital, Helsinki, a happy and welcoming city, with the sun or without it, although its 13 degrees on the first week of August and the wind able to uproot trees and to make us feel like poor artless in the middle of a tempest that seem to be shocking just for us. The summer period, although beautiful because of the tranquility and spent with friends partying hard the vacation and the freedom’s feeling given by the hot sun, is indeed less exciting, expecially during the night, in Muurame, a little town situated about 15 km from Jyväskylä, where the only thing that appear modified from the winter time is the absence of school; the semi deserted little roads, even though the solitude, can still make me feel, after just a month from my forced goodbye, a sensation of peace and serenity that makes me feel like smiling, not just with the lips but with the heart also, now full of joy and emotion caused by a temporary return, but as waited as suffered was the goodbye. Seeing the known faces of Kari and Eila, my Finnish parents who will always stay this way in my heart , Ville, my Nordic broche and his daughter, Siiri Sofia fulfill me with joy and move me to tears, and the emotion is grown later by the meeting with Laura, running against me to hug me, Hansu, Jaana and Taru who can’t wait to see me as much as I do. The hours spent together are unfortunately no more than four, ending with Laura who try to make me loose the bus to keep me in her closet and feed me with a few meals and a lot of vodka. Regretting of the refuse to her offering is bigger now than in the past…
Confused toughs on the returning train, tears spent for some of the most important friends of mine, and the promise marked by fire in the heart and by words to their ears to come back in December to feel friendship again and suffer the goodbye a moment later…
Shikaia590
CRIMSON'S FRIENDS IN HELSINKI
When i decided, with some other friends, to build a messageboard about our favourite musical group I would never have dreamt, in less more than a year, to find so many contacts and friends above all abroad.
Everything is due to our Street Team activity but as friendship and collaboration at several levels.
Last year, in the occasion of our first Finland vacation and the interview during the Miljoonarock festival, a lucky encounter in the summer streets of Helsinki with a guy who recognized us from the big picture Ilkka posted for our interviewstarted a great friendship and a nice collaboration between the Crimson gate and “La Rondine”, a website with a messageboard which talks about Italian people living in Finland, always updated with news, a little Italian corner in Finland, just to keep in touch.
During the last holiday, again in Finland, Giacomo, this is the name of that guy, accepted to meet us again, in front of a lovely Italian pasta dish at the “Siciliano”, and we had a little chat together, remembering the past year, talking about our hopes and expectations and renewing with pleasure our friendship and collaboration.
In front of the Stockmann clock we are not just waiting for Giacomo but another part of our group who’s gone for shopping , the wind blows in our faces, this year the weather hasn’t been very good, and after the rain at Ankkarock the sun hasn’t showed its face to us in the days of our vacation.
Giacomo is punctual, but he doesn’t know where to go for lunch, we live day by day during our holidays so we know where to go, and we believe that going to the “Siciliano” is the best way to celebrate our meeting, we are a piece of Italy in Finland in this moment, and it is nice to chat in front of a big pasta dishes with fish or a pizza.
It is all right luckily, Giaomo tells us about his work at the university, about life in Finland for a whole year or a great part of it, and we listen carefully what he’s talking to us because this country has not just given birth to the members of our favourite musical group but it’s a dream for us who are here regularly for holidays , the lifestyle, tranquillity, their way to be polite and respect for the nature which are unique and can’t be found here in Italy where we live.
Almost two pleasant hours pass too quickly, then everyone unfortunately have to get back to their occupation, ours is more funny of course, we are tourists, instead Giacomo’s one is less pleasant, he’s got to get back to university, lessons probably are already started or will start shortly in time, there is no time to loose or to get sleepy when duty calls.
We promise each other to keep in touch with e-mails and phone calls, and to meet again in our next Christmas holiday for Helldone 2008, the ones who would be there, who will be so lucky.
And then we say goodbye, it’s a little pain to separate, a great hope to see each other again.
We are back at home…Giacomo is still there in Finland with his job and with that wonderful city that is Helsinki all around him.
Dreaming to get back as soon as possible is the only thing that’s left to us, all together, for a new and wonderful holiday in the land of the thousand lakes.
Nailedtoacross-Monica
Ideata e Sviluppata da Mrs Lindstrom con la collaborazione di Nailedtoacross, Legolas di Mirkwood,
Shikaia590 e Maia.Caporedattore: Mrs Lindstrom, Progetto Grafico: Dan[616]
