Looks a lot like northern Minnesota (evergreens, ducks, swamps and bears) - no wonder a lot of Finnish people ended up there.

Maybe I'll go there some summer time! Thinking of St. Petersburg too!

By which I mean:

ITEM: You do *that* much exotic traveling?

ITEM: (We can skip: ) Without informing (notice I didn't say "asking&quot ME?!1

ITEM: However:: *I* want to *GO*!1

ITEM: I think I need to stop here.

in the past family, and I, and married family did a fair amount of European traveling. I've never been to Scandinavia and would like to, and as part of my ancestry is Russian and Petersburg seems to have a lot of items of interest, I've wanted to visit it.

Travel companions always 'useful!'

Why do inappropriate questions just POP into my mind?!1 STOP IT!1

and then take the train or a summer cruise to St. Petersburg.

I was in Helsinki in the winter and took the train to St. Pete's.

Loved loved loved it.