What is this? A Finnish title? Why? Well, that is actually the title of a Finnish Romani Song. A direct translation of the beginning of its lyrics would be something like “Why won’t the doors open for us, is our race to blame for this?” When I started writing this post, the song started playingContinue reading “Miksi ovet ei aukene meille?”
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There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XVI
As I promised, this will be the final post from this location and this adventure overall. We found a second kitchen. This one was blueish with a red floor. Moving further along the corridor. A second kitchen. The stove doesn’t look very healthy. The black thing on the roof is most likely mold. There areContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XVI”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XV
A photo of the main building from the courtyard. As you can see, the old, wooden municpal home was built on a hill. The new main building was built on the side of the hill and the ground floor is partially underground. There was even a small upstairs in the old main building, but weContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XV”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XIV
Another look at the room with the glass boxes. I really can’t figure out what those are. Even this part of the building had one room with a bathroom and shower. A carton of milk. It was called consumer milk before 1996, when the EU legistlation forced a name change to full milk. This cartonContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XIV”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XIII
The older wing of the building again included some small rooms, which I believe to be old patient rooms. I think the layout of the building has been changed at some point, probably in the 1960’s or 1970’s, and the rooms have been made smaller. A look back towards the lobby featured in the previousContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XIII”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XII
The room at the end of the corridor was some kind of a common room. It was one of the more important rooms in the building, as it had a parquette floor and its ceiling was higher than in other rooms in this wing. That’s why the ‘sex cave’ above it was located at theContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XII”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XI
The first room along the smaller corridor was just one of the usual ones with a window and a bed. But after that things got more interesting. We found the kitchen. Judging by the style of the cupboards, the last renovations are from the 1970’s. The apartment I was living in back then had similarContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XI”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part X
The ‘sex cave’ was a small room in one end of the attic of the buidling. Its floor was higher than the rest of the floor. It was a bit difficult to determine what its function had been. Now it was full of clothes and books. The BMW-guy has been here, too. There was aContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part X”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part IX
This is the view from the large window in the main staircase. The road is small, but there was constant traffic, so we had to stay away from windows. Of course there were skis in a nursing home. This is Finland. The instruction booklet of a dishwasher. There was a third floor in only oneContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part IX”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part VIII
Ok, so the ground floor had zero showers, the first floor had two. But I just have a small question here: How were the sick and elderly moved from their rooms to the showers, as the building had no elevator? And how were they moved from the house outside, as all the doors had stairsContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part VIII”