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We had cold rolls, rice cakes, holy Finnish cheese, sliced ham, cold cereal with cream, eggs, orange juice, coffee, tomatoes and various kinds of fish all served buffet style in the hotel dining rooms. There was an extra charge for these big breakfast [sic] in Helsinki Hotels. We always ate so much [sic] a regular lunch wasn't necessary - Though we did sometimes have coffee and a chocolate roll or something light.

The Paarmas have a comfortable small blue Ford and although gasoline sold for $2 per gallon, they drove us just about everywhere. The Finnish people are very patriotic and when saw mills [sic] cut down their trees they want replanting [sic] put out as soon as possible. We had an interesting visit to their green houses [sic] where thousands of young scotch pine trees are grown to be