...was not easy in former centuries. We learned about it in the Kainuun Museum in Kajaani which we visited together with our hosts. The woods were most important. Hard jobs were found in producing and shipping the world's best tar, later in the paper factories. On the road from Kuusamo crossing the huge Karelian woods close to the russian boarder, we had a short stop at the "Silent people", a very special monument in the middle of nowhere, and had some field coffee and pancakes made on top of the open fire.
Our hosts in Kajaani - both teachers - showed us around the beautifully painted church, and told us about the Kalevala, the finnish national poem, collected in the Karelian wilderness from old singers by Elias Lönnrot, a finnish doctor living in Kajaani around 1835.
Then Maikel went to the local tango dancing, and I stayed at home curing my slight cold - a wise decision, since today I feel a lot better and ready to go on new adventures.
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