Jun 22, 2015

SEARCHING FOR THE LATE 1700S SPIRIT













Kokkola was one of the richest towns in Finland once. Tar, bourgeois, schooners, democracy and schooling are the concepts that are popping up in every corner on my way (while the sun is still shining at least until 1AM). I will dig deeper into these next...

Very touching story of a captain's wife, a strong and a wise woman, can be read here and here in Finnish. I'm pretty sure the sailor Alexander Hammar mentioned in the text is my grandfather's grandfather as a young man.

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