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		<title>European cities top world’s best places to live</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all agree that there’s no place like home, it’s where our heart is, and everytime we go somewhere, there’s always that longing to be home. Even travel bugs and those who are passionate about travel tend to appreciate more the little things about their hometown or neighborhood after coming from a trip someplace.
But what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A world of benches: Old Rauma, Finland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second in a series of posts featuring photos of benches I’ve encountered during my travels. Previously featured: Prague
Old Rauma is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Western Finland. You can read more about this town in my previous post “The charm of Old Rauma”. Here are some bench photos I took during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helsinki City Museum: Helsinki through the years</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/10/15/helsinki-city-museum-helsinki-through-the-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Helsinki City Museum: Old Helsinki days	
 
At the second floor is the Russian era where more interesting artifacts are displayed. We took longer time at another section in the ground floor which highlights the era of Finnish independence from Russian rule, the consequent changes in Finnish lifestyle and the city’s progress that followed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helsinki City Museum: Old Helsinki days</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/10/10/helsinki-city-museum-old-helsinki-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
While in Finland, my big sis took us on a day tour of Helsinki though our time was very much limited but nevertheless we squeezed in about an hour of visit at the Helsinki City Museum. We chose it from among the many museums listed on our guide since it was just within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sammallahdenmaki, Bronze Age burial site in Finland</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/09/03/sammallahdenmaki-bronze-age-burial-site-in-finland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Situated in the Lappi district, Sammallahdenmaki is an important Scandinavian Bronze Age burial site and included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1999. Thanks to our GPS navigator, we finally arrived at the site (though with a bit of confusion about the road directions) after our tour of Old Rauma. From the highway, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday: Interesting clouds (Tampere, Western Finland)</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/08/13/wordless-wednesday-interesting-clouds-tampere-western-finland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Näkemiin Finland!</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/31/nakemiin-finland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 40-day Finland vacation will soon be over and it’s time to say bye to the cold summer weather, the midnight suns, and so much more. I am grateful for having stayed here in Pori at my big sis’ flat which is located right at the heart of the city, near the Eetunaukio Square which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yyteri Beach: warm sand dunes, cool blue waters and clear sunny sky</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/29/yyteri-beach-warm-sand-dunes-cool-blue-waters-and-clear-sunny-sky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a sunny Sunday when we went to Yyteri beach, one of the well-known holiday resorts in Finland. Yyteri is a district in Pori and is just few minutes’ drive from my big sis’ flat in the city center. The place is not just famous for its long stretch of beach but is also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pori Jazz 43rd Festival 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/17/pori-jazz-43rd-festival-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.”
Louis Armstrong

One thing that Pori is famous for is its annual international jazz festival which started in the year 1966 and since then is known throughout Europe as a prestigious music festival. This year is the 43rd festival which kicked off last July 12 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the medieval Turku Castle</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/14/at-the-medieval-turku-castle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Visiting castles would always be on the travel itinerary of tourists when going to Europe. It’s like stepping into the days of kings and queens, or imagining you’re part of a fairy tale. Getting inside the medieval castle of Turku acquaints the visitor of Finland’s rich culture and history, each stair or doorway leading to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picturesque Turku</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/13/picturesque-turku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when you only have few hours to spend for sightseeing around a picturesque place such as Turku?

Along the Aura River
It was late in the afternoon when we arrived, so we lost no time in dropping by one of its famous landmarks, the Turku Castle. Being the oldest city of Finland and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flower Power at the Rauma Art Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/12/flower-power-at-the-rauma-art-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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The Rauma Biennale Balticum 2008 art festival is currently ongoing at the Rauma Art Museum in Old Rauma, Finland. The exhibition, which started last June 14 and will end on September 21, features prominent Biennale artists such as Aija Zarina, Krista Leesi, Lutz Mommartz, Malgorzata Markiewicz and many others with this year’s theme ‘Flower Power’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The charm of Old Rauma</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/11/the-charm-of-old-rauma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Situated in the Satakunta Province, in the western part of Finland, Old Rauma is a UNESCO World Heritage site since it represents the history of Scandinavia’s early towns constructed in wood. Notable buildings/sites are the Old Town Hall, Marela Museum, Kirsti Museum, Rauma Art Museum, Church of the Holy Cross and the Ruins of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy steps in Finland</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/04/happy-steps-in-finland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finland, being one of the members of the Schengen states was easier for us (Dad, Mom, cutie sis, baby C and me) to travel from Czech Republic without needing a visa. Since it’s where my big sis is based with her family, going there from Prague was an idea we were toying about and we’re [...]]]></description>
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