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Good Things

I've had three days out of the last four that somewhat resemble what I would have expected for "summer" in Finland - maybe a bit cooler than I expected, but still nice and worth spending many hours outside.  I have come to recognize and appreciate a few things here recently and feel that they are worth noting - if nothing more, to remind myself come about November or so when I wonder why the hell I moved here.

1.  Public transportation is great.  Granted it isn't quick sometimes (getting home takes ~50 minutes usually), but I can mentally check out while on the bus - I'm not stressed in traffic.

2.  Amazing running routes.  My only regret right now is that I have about zero endurance so I can't make as much use of the trails as I'd like.  I am exploring some by bike which is nice too.

Combination of 1 and 2: Taking public transportation to run.  I can hop a tram or bus and go however far away and run home.

3.  While it is a bit of a pain and completely different to have to carry every single thing I procure at least several hundred meters to get it to my house, it really is convenient to have so many procurement places nearby!

4.  NO TIME WARNER CABLE!!  Rejoice!  Internet is cheap here - around 30 euros a month and so far I don't have cable.  Granted my amazon video purchases may quickly fill the $ gap, but it is just so nice to not get abused on a monthly basis by TWC.

5.  Rye chips. I discovered these at a recent picnic, along with some sort of cheese dip - Voila brand.  The sour cream rye chips with the cheese dip is amazing.  They taste great and are actually not full of super processed crap.

6.  My bathtub.  It is pretty nice.

7.  When the weather is nice, it is pretty darn nice.  Still a little chillier than I'd like, but about perfect running weather.

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