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beautiful in every way and extremely hospitable. Aune presented me with a bouquet of beautiful red roses. Then, they drove us to our historic hotel, the Valtion Hotelli [sic] where we had room reservations. They saw us installed in this beautiful elegant old hotel that looks a lot like a castle near a rocky river bed surrounded by tall stately trees. Our third floor room had a balcony, open air air conditioning and near-by trees that were much taller. We unpacked and even stretched out on the beds to rest a bit.

The Paarmas left saying they would be back for us about 5 o’clock that afternoon. Our “Welcome to Finland” dinner for us in their attractive apartment