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There are two more orchids on my list that I might be able to find – burnt orchid (Orchis ustulata) and marsh orchid (Orchis palustris). On my way south, I stopped at every place I had marked as a potential site for the burnt orchid, but came up empty each time. I think I’m too…
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The day dawned rainy. And windy. Definitely not a flower photographer’s dream weather, but I wasn’t discouraged. It just takes a bit more work, that’s all. I drove to Kallgatburg in search of the narrow-leaved marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza traunsteineri) and I was happy to find them – except now that I looked at one and confirmed…
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There’s a couple of good orchid places close to hostel, so it was natural that I would start my morning there. Except, I had a slight disagreement with the book again so I skipped the first one, it just wasn’t worth figuring out why they want to me park all the way over there and…
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(Warning – this will be a long post. It was a long day!) I had been studying books and maps since the winter to get an idea of which places to visit. My plan is to drive north and stay there for three days, then make my way down on the eastern coast, one night…
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I’ll spend the first week of my holiday in Gotland – never been there before, but I just couldn’t resist it now with what all the orchids. So I drove to Nynäshamn to catch the ferry, an easy cruise of just over 3 hours to Visby. I arrived at 18:00 and I checked in at…
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The first day of the last week of my holiday. The weather has been a mixed bag like it has been pretty much all month – rain and shine. At least the wind is easy, but it’s just the calm before the storm (tomorrow is promising to be blustery and rainy). I went for a…
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LappeenrantaI’ve had a couple of days to explore my old home town. I lived here for two decades, so it’s not soon forgotten. A lot has changed, and a lot has stayed the same – I still know all the shortcuts walking around the town, even if I get a little bit confused in a…
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It’s one of those strange sunny days which are not really sunny. You know, thin high cloud vailing the sun so the sky is milky blue, a total disaster for landscape photography. Lucky I’m not a landscape photographer… I did some sightseeing again and checked out Putkinotko, which used to be one of the local…
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Said and done. First thing after breakfast, I drove to Punkaharju to do an inventory of the broad-leaved helleborine. I found 23-25 individuals, some already withered, others in full bloom and some only starting to bloom. I also found one individual which was HUGE – 1 metre tall, easily. All of them were growing right…
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I played a real tourist today and took a cruise from Savonlinna to Punkaharju and back. I got a good look at the Saimaa lake system and islands (no less than 40000 of them, including the small islets) and a short hike on the nature trail in Punkaharju. I can now proudly say that I’ve…