Jul 20, 2008 - Raahe and Kuopio

We reached the town of Kuopio in the late afternoon. ... After check-out we drove over to Kuopio's “Passenger Harbor” and looked for the MS Pujo, a small vessel that would take us over to the island of Vaajasaland. ... We decided to climb up to the top, outside deck so we can take in the view of Kuopio and the lake region. ... Thirty-five minutes later, we were back at the harbor of Kuopio. ...

Oct 16, 2007 - Kuopio, Finland

I'm nervous. That was Kuopio. ... photos for Kuopio are under Turku ...

Jul 1, 2006 - wife carrying championships in sonkajarvi

(I'm actually home now, but I have a few stories of events that occurred after that last post from Helsinki, so just pretend I'm still there for a few more minutes." Then the chorus swelled into them singing this pretty melody of "It's not fair!!! It's not fair!!!" Saturday morning I caught a taxi share van to the airport, and flew to Kuopio. ... Kuopio is small. ... ) But it WAS a nice car, an Audi Quattro station wagon, thankfully with a very giving gearshift.(I'm actually home now, but I have a few stories of events that occurred after that last post from Helsinki, so just pretend I'm still there for a few more minutes." Then the chorus swelled into them singing this pretty melody of "It's not fair!!! It's not fair!!!" Saturday morning I caught a taxi share van to the airport, and flew to Kuopio. ... Kuopio is small. ... ) But it WAS a nice car, an Audi Quattro station wagon, thankfully with a very giving gearshift....

Oct 18, 2005 - Kuopio, Finland

October 18- We took an early 5hr train out of Helsinki heading NE towards the lakes region of Finland. Kinda makes you wonder what Minnesota was bragging about with their 10,000 lakes! Our next stop will be Kuopio, one of the many towns of the region. ... We are getting good at these 6am wake-ups! October 19- Today we decided to take a day trip from Kuopio to another lake region town called Savonlinna (not to be confused with Savonlinna as Scott pronounces it). ... We knew much of our daily budget would be spent on the bus so we stocked up on food at the supermarket the night bfore for a 'picnic' today.October 18- We took an early 5hr train out of Helsinki heading NE towards the lakes region of Finland. Kinda makes you wonder what Minnesota was bragging about with their 10,000 lakes! Our next stop will be Kuopio, one of the many towns of the region. ... We are getting good at these 6am wake-ups! October 19- Today we decided to take a day trip from Kuopio to another lake region town called Savonlinna (not to be confused with Savonlinna as Scott pronounces it). ... We knew much of our daily budget would be spent on the bus so we stocked up on food at the supermarket the night bfore for a 'picnic' today....