The Engineered Boulderer

Today is one of those days where Susan works late. Since I left work late, I thought I’d pop by and pick her up. In the train on the way home she was reading a free horse magazine, and as we were waiting to get off she showed me a picture of a Llama. Then the conversation went something like this:

Susan: Llama, llama, llama, duck
Me: You can’t have a llama
S: A duck is probably also more tasty
M: I don’t know I’ve never tasted llama
Stranger standing behind us: I have, and it is very tasty. Alpaca, however, is quite dry

So now you know.

Last week marked my first visit to Finland. Working for Nokia I – of course – expected this to happen sometime, I just had not foreseen that it would take more than two years before my first visit.

My visit was to the northern Finnish city of Oulu. Oulu is about 600 km from Helsinki, and only 200 km from the Polar Circle. This is very clear since the sun rises after 9 in the morning, and goes down already at a quarter to 3 in the afternoon.

I don’t know what my expectations were from Finland, but below are my impressions and thoughts on my few days in Oulu.