Saturday, 16 May 2009
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Friday, 8 May 2009
Back ...
... We left Visby, Gotland around midday and headed for Utö, a very small island in the very begining of the Finish Archipelagoes. A beutiful place to anchor. We got a tour inside the lighthouse of the island which was exiting and interesting. The lighthouse consisted of more than the big 'lightbubl', it also had a church- and a schoolroom inside it. Thank you to our guide and to Mari for making it possible for us to visit. We also had a change to go to sauna, a real Finish sauna tour, with beer and laughs, cold water but no branches!!!!
When w left Utö the next morning at app 6 am, the weather was still nice and the sun getting up. The sailing through the archipelagoes was so beutifull and very hard to describe, all I can say is: "Wauw, you got to see this with your own eyes".
we were heading for another small island, the name I have forgotten. This place was to be our last night on Helena, we only had a few hours to Uusikaupunki from here.
We were guided around the island and the history of it by Tuomo (crew member), and then we had our goodbuy parti. Bonfire, sauces,beers, dancing and singing, as so many other things on this trip; one more fantastic and beutiful experience to add to our inner logbook.
It was quite nostalgic and sad, in the same time as being fun and cozy.
In the morning of our last leg with Helena, we left around 9 am, the watchgroup desolved, the main crew sailing because we had to pack and clean the ship.
Everyone a bit stressed or at least not enjoying the packing, non of wanted this sailing trip to end we reached Uusikaupunki around midday, teers fell from the sky and we had work to do.
Helena was/is going to maintenance and repairs, so we were to take down all the sails.
The main sail is a very huge piece of cloth and weighs if I remember correctly, 400 kg, a lot I sould say...
In a way this was a good way of saying goodbuy to Helena and her men, we worked our feelings out by using our muscles not our brain...
Stefan Abrahamsen from Staf. Fi drove us all, 3-4 at the time, to the busstation in Uusikaupunki where we were to take a bus to Turku and the another to Helsinki.
From Helsinki we to the small ferry to Suomilina where a very nice hostel were booked for us, some of our group slept at home now being back in civilisation, back to their families.
As it was Vappu the Finish way of celebrating May First, everyting was kind of boiling, noisy and different, not bad but very very different from being at sea.
We also to part of this celebration and experienced the way the Finish people let go of everything; brain, maners, fringking habits and so much more, to make this the biggest party of a country every year.
I am not sure I understood it, and like one was saying: "The is the day of the living deads" I agree, everyone being pale from the winter just gone, even the nature is not still colourfull and then the amount of alchohol that are drunk. How can people consume so much and still breathe?? ;-)
At Suomalina we were to end this trip with an excibition of our artwork, or some of it. It was or is to be shared amoung our schools I think and we all need more time to finish what we have started.
We are all to meet in Stockholm at the end of august this year, or at least as many as possible.
We will try to use this blogg as ur platform for our future work and to keep in touch.
Finally I want to thank STAF.FI and Eddanorden for making this possible for us.
A big thank you to the Captain and his crew on this trip from Kiel to Uusikaupunki.
Big thanks and hugs to mari and Jan for all the work you have done to make this trip worth while.
And of course THANKS to all participants for being who you are and opening your arms to each and everyone of us..
Thank you for an unforgetable journey... Love Sophie
When w left Utö the next morning at app 6 am, the weather was still nice and the sun getting up. The sailing through the archipelagoes was so beutifull and very hard to describe, all I can say is: "Wauw, you got to see this with your own eyes".
we were heading for another small island, the name I have forgotten. This place was to be our last night on Helena, we only had a few hours to Uusikaupunki from here.
We were guided around the island and the history of it by Tuomo (crew member), and then we had our goodbuy parti. Bonfire, sauces,beers, dancing and singing, as so many other things on this trip; one more fantastic and beutiful experience to add to our inner logbook.
It was quite nostalgic and sad, in the same time as being fun and cozy.
In the morning of our last leg with Helena, we left around 9 am, the watchgroup desolved, the main crew sailing because we had to pack and clean the ship.
Everyone a bit stressed or at least not enjoying the packing, non of wanted this sailing trip to end we reached Uusikaupunki around midday, teers fell from the sky and we had work to do.
Helena was/is going to maintenance and repairs, so we were to take down all the sails.
The main sail is a very huge piece of cloth and weighs if I remember correctly, 400 kg, a lot I sould say...
In a way this was a good way of saying goodbuy to Helena and her men, we worked our feelings out by using our muscles not our brain...
Stefan Abrahamsen from Staf. Fi drove us all, 3-4 at the time, to the busstation in Uusikaupunki where we were to take a bus to Turku and the another to Helsinki.
From Helsinki we to the small ferry to Suomilina where a very nice hostel were booked for us, some of our group slept at home now being back in civilisation, back to their families.
As it was Vappu the Finish way of celebrating May First, everyting was kind of boiling, noisy and different, not bad but very very different from being at sea.
We also to part of this celebration and experienced the way the Finish people let go of everything; brain, maners, fringking habits and so much more, to make this the biggest party of a country every year.
I am not sure I understood it, and like one was saying: "The is the day of the living deads" I agree, everyone being pale from the winter just gone, even the nature is not still colourfull and then the amount of alchohol that are drunk. How can people consume so much and still breathe?? ;-)
At Suomalina we were to end this trip with an excibition of our artwork, or some of it. It was or is to be shared amoung our schools I think and we all need more time to finish what we have started.
We are all to meet in Stockholm at the end of august this year, or at least as many as possible.
We will try to use this blogg as ur platform for our future work and to keep in touch.
Finally I want to thank STAF.FI and Eddanorden for making this possible for us.
A big thank you to the Captain and his crew on this trip from Kiel to Uusikaupunki.
Big thanks and hugs to mari and Jan for all the work you have done to make this trip worth while.
And of course THANKS to all participants for being who you are and opening your arms to each and everyone of us..
Thank you for an unforgetable journey... Love Sophie
Reflections of the tour
Dear all readers of this block,
This text is based on my thougts right here and now, therefore there might be some resemblance to what I have written earlier so please avoid getting anoid :-)
We have now been back into our everyday lives for 5 days. I think I talk with the voice of all of us when saying that this has been the hardest part of our journey. Coming back... We are not the same persons as before, it might not seem like this for outsiders viewing us, knowing us but inside of ech and everyone we have changed some more than others but changes have taken place.
Do you know the expression: 'Bildung' & 'Coming of age'? Well this is part of what this journey came to be.
When we started out in Kiel a lot of people where either afraid of becoming seasick, the sea it self, the fact that we were going to be a lot of people with very little space, expectations of doing art and so on...
Well we have overcome our fears, we have joint a very unic union of 'crazy' people, we have become very speciel to each and everyone and that is what makes it so very special.
Even for those of us that have experienced a great many things, this group and our journey together has been a non forgettable memory which will stay for us forever.
Okay, now I will return to where I left writing about our tour many days ago now.
It will come as I remember it, so maybe oters have different memories, which I hope they will add.
We had some very nice days staying in Holmhälla Gotland, a very beutiful place worth visiting again.
After accepting not to be on Helena for the next three days, we enjoyed the landscape and the things we where presented to while staying on this beutiful island Gotland. We had time for art wotk, we had time for sauna, we had time for loads of food and a lot of time to speak to each other now that we did not have Wathces.
We of cource met Helena & Staffan, we where at Gotlands Konstskola, given lessons in drawing with our 'wrong' hand, 'right' hand and both hands. We drew a male model, which some of us had never done before.
We visited Lars Jonssons Museeum and had a tour into how he works. He himself was our guide, and I think that all of us was very facinated by this huge man being able to paint so delicately as he does.
We went to the beachs of Gotland, to explore, to collect rocks, to paint, to think, to talk, to take photoes and a lot more.
Returning to Helena again was like coming home, everyone got right back into their sailing clothes, adapting to sea and sailing again very fast.
We all knew that we only had a few more days left on the boat, so unconsiously i think we all wanted the most out of it.
Lunch break, will return...
This text is based on my thougts right here and now, therefore there might be some resemblance to what I have written earlier so please avoid getting anoid :-)
We have now been back into our everyday lives for 5 days. I think I talk with the voice of all of us when saying that this has been the hardest part of our journey. Coming back... We are not the same persons as before, it might not seem like this for outsiders viewing us, knowing us but inside of ech and everyone we have changed some more than others but changes have taken place.
Do you know the expression: 'Bildung' & 'Coming of age'? Well this is part of what this journey came to be.
When we started out in Kiel a lot of people where either afraid of becoming seasick, the sea it self, the fact that we were going to be a lot of people with very little space, expectations of doing art and so on...
Well we have overcome our fears, we have joint a very unic union of 'crazy' people, we have become very speciel to each and everyone and that is what makes it so very special.
Even for those of us that have experienced a great many things, this group and our journey together has been a non forgettable memory which will stay for us forever.
Okay, now I will return to where I left writing about our tour many days ago now.
It will come as I remember it, so maybe oters have different memories, which I hope they will add.
We had some very nice days staying in Holmhälla Gotland, a very beutiful place worth visiting again.
After accepting not to be on Helena for the next three days, we enjoyed the landscape and the things we where presented to while staying on this beutiful island Gotland. We had time for art wotk, we had time for sauna, we had time for loads of food and a lot of time to speak to each other now that we did not have Wathces.
We of cource met Helena & Staffan, we where at Gotlands Konstskola, given lessons in drawing with our 'wrong' hand, 'right' hand and both hands. We drew a male model, which some of us had never done before.
We visited Lars Jonssons Museeum and had a tour into how he works. He himself was our guide, and I think that all of us was very facinated by this huge man being able to paint so delicately as he does.
We went to the beachs of Gotland, to explore, to collect rocks, to paint, to think, to talk, to take photoes and a lot more.
Returning to Helena again was like coming home, everyone got right back into their sailing clothes, adapting to sea and sailing again very fast.
We all knew that we only had a few more days left on the boat, so unconsiously i think we all wanted the most out of it.
Lunch break, will return...
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Back in the real world?
Greetings from a very colour full and raining Denmark.
By Now we are all back in our everyday lives, trying our very best to fit in again. I think I speak for all when saying that we all have found new sides of ourselves that now have to be adjusted and tried fit in with what we left.
We have experienced so many things by this trip that I believe it will take a while for us to settle in.
We have seen the beauty of the sea, lived our lives in a lovely schooner with the little space she offers, been among 24-26 unknown people and getting to know them and getting to feel a lot for each and everyone, we have spend time on beautifull islands, jumped around on rocks, sand and more rocks, painted live model,painted what we saw, listened to strong voices of strong artist, listened to ourselves and our inner voices, been scared just to find out that we did not have to be scared, sharing beer, bread and butter and so many more things....
When my mind has settled I will return to try to sum up from where I left describing our journey.
Take care, Sophie
By Now we are all back in our everyday lives, trying our very best to fit in again. I think I speak for all when saying that we all have found new sides of ourselves that now have to be adjusted and tried fit in with what we left.
We have experienced so many things by this trip that I believe it will take a while for us to settle in.
We have seen the beauty of the sea, lived our lives in a lovely schooner with the little space she offers, been among 24-26 unknown people and getting to know them and getting to feel a lot for each and everyone, we have spend time on beautifull islands, jumped around on rocks, sand and more rocks, painted live model,painted what we saw, listened to strong voices of strong artist, listened to ourselves and our inner voices, been scared just to find out that we did not have to be scared, sharing beer, bread and butter and so many more things....
When my mind has settled I will return to try to sum up from where I left describing our journey.
Take care, Sophie
Monday, 27 April 2009
Article in Gotlands Allehanda about our expedition
Here is the article in a local newspaper on Gotland with a nice photo of us all:
We docked at island of Utö, in Finnish archipelago
Greetings to everyone,
Part l
Today is Monday the 27th the time is app 1 pm. The weather is still nice, but the sun is not as bright as the previous days. The wind is good, but right now we are going on motor power. We are to ‘land’ on the tiny island Utö, as far as I got the message right.
5 days have gone by since I Iast wrote about our experiences on the trip, and many things have happened.
We arrived at Gotland, Visby about 7 am. We spend the night sailing in the most extraordinary and beautiful scenery ever on the trip. The water looked smooth, soft and deep black, looking like black velvet, the horizon around us was a wall of fog and when we looked up we could see the stars. The best way to describe this for you that have not seen it, it was like being inside the Sixtine Chapel in Rome. Magnificent and kind of like a holy experience.
We were all looking forward to 9 o’clock am, when the shavers opened and we could get a shaver. Longed for and needed.
After lunch a small group went into Visby to look at the old town and the rest of us went on trip to the coast. 2 rented mini busses and a regular car had been rented for us so that we could get around the island.
We spend a couple of hours at the beach some doing art, some talking in low voices to each other, some collecting fossils and others just taking in the beautiful view from the shore.
We all met again at Helena and Staffans place, an artist couple living most of the time in Gotland but also travelling a lot which was very easy to see when we had a tour around their place. A very beautiful place which I think inspired us all is many ways, but one for sure is that we all will remember their spirit to life and how art can be a way of living.
We were all in a very good mood and had a lot of fun making dinner for all of us. After dinner we started to do drawings on the tablecloth which was brown wrapping paper. It turned out to be a beautiful picture.
Part ll
to be continued…
p.s. Mari sends greetings to family, friends and students - Mari lähettää terveisiä perheelle, ystäville ja oppilaille! :-)
Part l
Today is Monday the 27th the time is app 1 pm. The weather is still nice, but the sun is not as bright as the previous days. The wind is good, but right now we are going on motor power. We are to ‘land’ on the tiny island Utö, as far as I got the message right.
5 days have gone by since I Iast wrote about our experiences on the trip, and many things have happened.
We arrived at Gotland, Visby about 7 am. We spend the night sailing in the most extraordinary and beautiful scenery ever on the trip. The water looked smooth, soft and deep black, looking like black velvet, the horizon around us was a wall of fog and when we looked up we could see the stars. The best way to describe this for you that have not seen it, it was like being inside the Sixtine Chapel in Rome. Magnificent and kind of like a holy experience.
We were all looking forward to 9 o’clock am, when the shavers opened and we could get a shaver. Longed for and needed.
After lunch a small group went into Visby to look at the old town and the rest of us went on trip to the coast. 2 rented mini busses and a regular car had been rented for us so that we could get around the island.
We spend a couple of hours at the beach some doing art, some talking in low voices to each other, some collecting fossils and others just taking in the beautiful view from the shore.
We all met again at Helena and Staffans place, an artist couple living most of the time in Gotland but also travelling a lot which was very easy to see when we had a tour around their place. A very beautiful place which I think inspired us all is many ways, but one for sure is that we all will remember their spirit to life and how art can be a way of living.
We were all in a very good mood and had a lot of fun making dinner for all of us. After dinner we started to do drawings on the tablecloth which was brown wrapping paper. It turned out to be a beautiful picture.
Part ll
to be continued…
p.s. Mari sends greetings to family, friends and students - Mari lähettää terveisiä perheelle, ystäville ja oppilaille! :-)
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Setting sails
Good afternoon to you,
More news from Helena. The time is 2:42 pm; we are going app. 7 knots for sails.
This morning it was possible for us to set sails and go for sails only. What a joy that was and together with all the happy faces of today,it is the best time since we left Kiel. Do not misunderstand, but like it is right at this moment, going by sail, the sound of only the water and the wind in the sails, is the very very best experience one can get.
It is a kind of freedom that is not possible to get in any other place than at sea. It is also very hard to describe to make it sound right for other people to understand.
So for those who think it would be something worth trying once in a lifetime, DO IT, you will never regret it and never forget it.
Yesterday we had an about 4 hour stop at Bornholm, Dk, Ronne. I think that it was good for us to get some land under our feed for a few hours. We had some free time to do some shopping or whatever we felt for. At 7 pm we all met at the beach and did a sand sculpture. We all did our own picture in the sand; we were free to do it where and how we wanted to. If we wanted to use another person's picture as a beginning of our own work it was ok. The limit was doing it in silence and only communicating with eyes and hands.
It turned out to be a very fine picture.
4 brave women went in the water for a very short swim, the water was freezing cold, but they survived and became our mermaids of the day.
We left Ronne at app 9 pm, had a very nice dinner and a quiet night. Everyone felt a lot better and able to eat again, always a good sign.
The night was cold but with a clear sky and lots of stars. Looking up into the stars from a boat is a very special experience. It seems like there are more stars at sea and it feels like you get sucked up into the sky. Feeling very little and humble.
It might be that it is cold outside at night but the boat is nice, comfortable, warm and cozy. Although there might not be a lot of space it never feels crowded and uncomfortable. Even the bunks are fine to sleep in.
We are lucky with the weather because we have not yet had any rain or cloudy days, which mean that most people are outside during the day, some doing artwork and some just relaxing and forgetting about everyday life.
Actually people are doing a lot more art work than I, in the beginning, thought possible. That is good and means that we will have even more good thing to do when reaching Gotland.
Ann-Sophie
More news from Helena. The time is 2:42 pm; we are going app. 7 knots for sails.
This morning it was possible for us to set sails and go for sails only. What a joy that was and together with all the happy faces of today,it is the best time since we left Kiel. Do not misunderstand, but like it is right at this moment, going by sail, the sound of only the water and the wind in the sails, is the very very best experience one can get.
It is a kind of freedom that is not possible to get in any other place than at sea. It is also very hard to describe to make it sound right for other people to understand.
So for those who think it would be something worth trying once in a lifetime, DO IT, you will never regret it and never forget it.
Yesterday we had an about 4 hour stop at Bornholm, Dk, Ronne. I think that it was good for us to get some land under our feed for a few hours. We had some free time to do some shopping or whatever we felt for. At 7 pm we all met at the beach and did a sand sculpture. We all did our own picture in the sand; we were free to do it where and how we wanted to. If we wanted to use another person's picture as a beginning of our own work it was ok. The limit was doing it in silence and only communicating with eyes and hands.
It turned out to be a very fine picture.
4 brave women went in the water for a very short swim, the water was freezing cold, but they survived and became our mermaids of the day.
We left Ronne at app 9 pm, had a very nice dinner and a quiet night. Everyone felt a lot better and able to eat again, always a good sign.
The night was cold but with a clear sky and lots of stars. Looking up into the stars from a boat is a very special experience. It seems like there are more stars at sea and it feels like you get sucked up into the sky. Feeling very little and humble.
It might be that it is cold outside at night but the boat is nice, comfortable, warm and cozy. Although there might not be a lot of space it never feels crowded and uncomfortable. Even the bunks are fine to sleep in.
We are lucky with the weather because we have not yet had any rain or cloudy days, which mean that most people are outside during the day, some doing artwork and some just relaxing and forgetting about everyday life.
Actually people are doing a lot more art work than I, in the beginning, thought possible. That is good and means that we will have even more good thing to do when reaching Gotland.
Ann-Sophie
Arrival in Visby
The expected arrival time of the Helena in Visby is on Thursday morning already, the 23rd of April! Jan will meet the group in the harbour. The preliminary plan is that the group will do an art workshop with teacher Staffan Laurin at Gotlands Konstskola on Firday morning, and that the night from Friday to Saturday is spent in Holhällar vandrarhem (youth hostel) at the southern tip of Gotland.
Jan (updating for Ann-Sophie)
Jan (updating for Ann-Sophie)
Taking off from Kiel!
21.4.2009 @sea
Hello everyone,
This is the wind and water group of 2009 saying a few things about our experiences when waiting for Helena in Kiel and when seeing her for the first time yesterday afternoon.
We all met Sunday morning at 10 o'clock by the Blue Angel bar, not that we knew that is was there but it was placed right at the spot where we were all going to meet.
We knew that Helena would come a day later, so we spent the day preparing for the trip. First we did some art work, getting a piece of paper taken from a puzzle Mari had prepared. We had to use the paper to tell a bit about ourselves and our thoughts about this trip.
Later on we had a small course in have to tie knots, a bit of seamanship. We also heard two or three of the superstitious stories that come with sailing.
Before we all left our separate countries, we all had to do two assignments on the Wind & Water theme.
Reading a text about how to bring nature/environment into art teaching, and a text about the Baltic sea and its current status.
We are now at sea and have been since yesterday afternoon.
When we arrived at the place where Helena was anchored, it was a big surprise to see the wonderful ship.
Some of us went shopping for food. We filled 6 shopping trolleys with food for all of us for 2 days (24 all together). We are now divided into 4 teams, each team having 4 hour shifts and one 2 hour shift during dinner time.
We have been sailing through the night. There is not a lot of wind, about 7 m/s right now at 9:30 am. We hooved two front sails and one more which I cannot remember the name of, but two hours ago the two front sails were taken down. The weather forecast is predicting less and less wind.
The experience of being outside in front of the ship has been a very strong and wonderful one for some of us. Like being on a rollercoaster. We have now decided that this will be a thing we will do every day.
Some are adjusting better than others, which is quite normal. It will take some days and then hopefully everyone will feel much better. Seasickness pills , gum and seabands are used more or less with success.
We are on our way to Gotland and I actually do not know when we will be there, but who cares as long as we are all enjoying this.
I will end this for now and return later with more info and maybe a few philosophical thoughts from the rest of the group. Until then have a nice time and enjoy!
Ann-Sophie
Hello everyone,
This is the wind and water group of 2009 saying a few things about our experiences when waiting for Helena in Kiel and when seeing her for the first time yesterday afternoon.
We all met Sunday morning at 10 o'clock by the Blue Angel bar, not that we knew that is was there but it was placed right at the spot where we were all going to meet.
We knew that Helena would come a day later, so we spent the day preparing for the trip. First we did some art work, getting a piece of paper taken from a puzzle Mari had prepared. We had to use the paper to tell a bit about ourselves and our thoughts about this trip.
Later on we had a small course in have to tie knots, a bit of seamanship. We also heard two or three of the superstitious stories that come with sailing.
Before we all left our separate countries, we all had to do two assignments on the Wind & Water theme.
Reading a text about how to bring nature/environment into art teaching, and a text about the Baltic sea and its current status.
We are now at sea and have been since yesterday afternoon.
When we arrived at the place where Helena was anchored, it was a big surprise to see the wonderful ship.
Some of us went shopping for food. We filled 6 shopping trolleys with food for all of us for 2 days (24 all together). We are now divided into 4 teams, each team having 4 hour shifts and one 2 hour shift during dinner time.
We have been sailing through the night. There is not a lot of wind, about 7 m/s right now at 9:30 am. We hooved two front sails and one more which I cannot remember the name of, but two hours ago the two front sails were taken down. The weather forecast is predicting less and less wind.
The experience of being outside in front of the ship has been a very strong and wonderful one for some of us. Like being on a rollercoaster. We have now decided that this will be a thing we will do every day.
Some are adjusting better than others, which is quite normal. It will take some days and then hopefully everyone will feel much better. Seasickness pills , gum and seabands are used more or less with success.
We are on our way to Gotland and I actually do not know when we will be there, but who cares as long as we are all enjoying this.
I will end this for now and return later with more info and maybe a few philosophical thoughts from the rest of the group. Until then have a nice time and enjoy!
Ann-Sophie
Friday, 17 April 2009
Scary business
Hi and welcome to our blog.
The scary business started this wednesday April 15th. We all received an email from Jan around 8:30 pm with the new of Helena being docked in Cherburg with a kiel to be fixed!!!! and nobody can say when she will be gongho for sailing again.. Bigg chill down my back anyway. Maybe also on someone elses? And some of our travelmates have already left home, not able to receive these news?
Well yesterday at 7:11 pm another mail ticked in from Jan with the splendid news that Helena was back in the water and only one days delay... :-)
So we will all meet at the habour in Kiel as planned, say hello and figure out what to do with an exstra day in Kiel.
Mari is trying to find a Youth hostel for all of us where we can spend this exstra night.
So off we go and see you in 2 days mates.
And for those of you that are following our trip, I do not know when I'll be back. It all depends on where I will get acess to a computer.
Regards Sophie
The scary business started this wednesday April 15th. We all received an email from Jan around 8:30 pm with the new of Helena being docked in Cherburg with a kiel to be fixed!!!! and nobody can say when she will be gongho for sailing again.. Bigg chill down my back anyway. Maybe also on someone elses? And some of our travelmates have already left home, not able to receive these news?
Well yesterday at 7:11 pm another mail ticked in from Jan with the splendid news that Helena was back in the water and only one days delay... :-)
So we will all meet at the habour in Kiel as planned, say hello and figure out what to do with an exstra day in Kiel.
Mari is trying to find a Youth hostel for all of us where we can spend this exstra night.
So off we go and see you in 2 days mates.
And for those of you that are following our trip, I do not know when I'll be back. It all depends on where I will get acess to a computer.
Regards Sophie
Saturday, 11 April 2009
Hello from Denmark
Hi Everyone,
I have volantered to be our blogger for this trip, although I hope that you all will
give a hand and write a few comments as well.
Next Sunday we will all meet for the first time. I am really looking forward to meeting you all, and the Captain and his crew.
In Denmark we have very very nice easter weather with app 17 degrees celcius, and hopefully we will be able to bring some of the nice wather with us, because I have seen the weatherforecast from Gotland, Uusikaupunki and Helsinki, and it seems a pit cold :-) but as my old grandmother says: " There is nothing called bad weather, just bad clothing" hmmmm, maybe she is right.
Never the less I think we will have an unforgetable trip.
C U soon
I have volantered to be our blogger for this trip, although I hope that you all will
give a hand and write a few comments as well.
Next Sunday we will all meet for the first time. I am really looking forward to meeting you all, and the Captain and his crew.
In Denmark we have very very nice easter weather with app 17 degrees celcius, and hopefully we will be able to bring some of the nice wather with us, because I have seen the weatherforecast from Gotland, Uusikaupunki and Helsinki, and it seems a pit cold :-) but as my old grandmother says: " There is nothing called bad weather, just bad clothing" hmmmm, maybe she is right.
Never the less I think we will have an unforgetable trip.
C U soon
Friday, 10 April 2009
Here the Helena will be located in Kiel harbor
At the moment, the Helena is on its way to Kiel. From day to day, you can see where it is by clicking here. This map shows the harbor in Kiel and the place where we will all come together on the 19th of April, at 10:00 AM!
Monday, 6 April 2009
Welcome to the blog!
Welcome to the blog of the Wind and Water Expedition from Kiel to Uusikaupunki, 19-29 April, 2009!
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