Joensuu
4:30 wake up, 5:15 taxi to airport, 6:15 plane to Joensuu, 7:05 arrive. Work. 19:25 plane home. 21:00 at home again. A long day, much coffee was needed.
4:30 wake up, 5:15 taxi to airport, 6:15 plane to Joensuu, 7:05 arrive. Work. 19:25 plane home. 21:00 at home again. A long day, much coffee was needed.
Part of the excellent public transport in Boston is a boat from Long Wharf which goes south down to Quincy. A nice way of seeing Boston from the sea, and part of the islands outside the city.
Some Berlin pictures (the Charlottenburg palace and gardens) I found in my phone from two weeks ago.
There’s a seriously cool green laser on top of a Siemens building in Adlershof in Berlin.
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