Snow In Helsinki

In Helsinki now a week. There have been the obvious challenges. Guitar player (not Neff!) is experiencing a "domestic crisis" and is less available than originally expected. The cds which were due to leave Dublin on Friday the 21.1 were "caught up" in the postal dispute, according to the guy I finally got to talk to at SDS. I've been assured that they will be here on Monday, Wednesday at the latest. It's no
wonder they're threatening to lay these guys off.

Snow is falling all around, it's very beautiful. At times wondering why I ever left. The bus, which comes on time, is warm, clean and cheap, if you get the public transport travel pass. (which gets you on everything, yes, EVERYTHING!) Take a leaf out, what?

The sun is shining, got my first (shining) Finnish review in a magazine called "six Degrees". Pleased as punch. More to follow I'm told. I'm off to help my friend Jaakko, who plays violin in the band, paint his new flat. Got to pay the man somehow. Then it looks like it's sauna time. Feels like I've come home.