Instead of going to the back door we went up to the attic. A football board game. I wonder, how that is played. An interesting cage at the back. A forgotten antique chair. Table hockey games, a true Finnish classic. Everybody has played them as a child. A very small cupboard. Finally time to goContinue reading “A Weekend Date Part XII”
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A Weekend Date Part IX
A new location starts with an inside photo, what is this? Those handrail ornaments look like dicks. You’re welcome, what has been seen can not be unseen. But haven’t I seen things like that earlier? That’s quite right. This is the headmaster’s apartment building of the old teacher seminar I visited in 2020. Back thenContinue reading “A Weekend Date Part IX”
A Weekend Date Part VIII
We begin the final post from this location with a few close ups. Here’s a book called the Dolphin Summer. No idea what it is about. The title says it all. Historical yearbooks. A vintage telephone. A thruce in Lebanon. This seems pretty timeless considering events in recent years. And finally my favorite part ofContinue reading “A Weekend Date Part VIII”
A Weekend Date Part VII
Returning to the mess in the lobby. It’s now time to explore the other wing of the U. And surprise, surprise, here we have another corridor. The rooms were very similar to the other wing. Pupils had decorated the windows. More pupil made art. The corridor seen to the other direction. It was pretty long.Continue reading “A Weekend Date Part VII”
A Weekend Date Part VI
The break cabinet of workers. My question is, what workers? Behind the door was just another classroom. Poor thing. A small elevator for disabled and injured pupils. Somebody again promises to kill me. Another classroom. I think we are now on the top floor of the school. I wonder what that has been. One textContinue reading “A Weekend Date Part VI”
A Weekend Date Part V
The music classroom. Apparently the door was locked, as this definitely isn’t a music classroom. It isn’t a classroom at all. But this might be one. At least the size of it is large enough to fit a class of pupils. I didn’t know blackboards break like that. Not all superheroes wear capes. An EnglishContinue reading “A Weekend Date Part V”
A Weekend Date Part IV
From the light corridor to dark rooms. There was an open space next to the corridor. Traffic enlightenment. Quite a mess. Some of the stuff actually looks like it doesn’t really belong to a school. Another look at the gym. But how do we get there? The pupils’ entrance. And the entrance forbidden from theContinue reading “A Weekend Date Part IV”
A Weekend Date Part III
It looks like somebody’s been practicing. These windows don’t actually open outside. They’re to the school gym. A mess of cassette tape on the floor. An architecturally interesting skylight window. More windows to the school gym. And my date and exploring buddy. A burned notebook. A cassette of new psalms. The other end of theContinue reading “A Weekend Date Part III”
A Weekend Date Part II
After the disappointment with the dairy processing plant, we next headed to a suburb where I knew was an abandoned school. The friend with whom I visited a local mental asylum a couple of years ago worked near the place and had tipped me about it. Built in 1972 the school was closed in 2011.Continue reading “A Weekend Date Part II”
Couldn’t Swing Even If I Wanted To
You only have to take one look at it to know: it’s a village school. This particular one closed down in 2013. The gardener hasn’t done their job in a while. It looks like the swings are still there somewhere. They’re just lost in the jungle. That’s where the waste was taken to. Nature isContinue reading “Couldn’t Swing Even If I Wanted To”