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Dong Bei Hu looks promising....... especially if the "Chinglish" descriptions of the dishes on the website are anything to go by

This is an invitation to all children aged between 7 and 14 years to attend some formal cricket training run by the Finland Cricket Association in conjunction with SKK cricket club. TIME: every other Sunday at 10-12, starting 13th Jan; the junior training sessions will be on 27th Jan, Feb 10th and 2...

Pendolino to Turku up €2 too (approx 7% rise)...........anyone know what the current inflation rate is here????

Stockholm 2 - Helsinki 0

As for the buildings, you must be refering to the timber framed houses and barns, not Helsinki's high rise business district

So yes, there is a similar vernacular Architecture, mostly in older or rural areas..........Monster Tractors too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3JD9c7_aYo

Yes, the käsityöläismuseo is worth a visit, 200 year old original wooden craftsmen's houses in their original location. They show the old techniques and now have some seasonal things going on.. Thanks for formalising my very vague suggestion :) Watch out if it's icy. There is quite a steep slope up...

Speaking in terms of Modern Architecture:

There's Aalto's Turun Sanomat office and also a rather nice new library building.

There is also an old wooden neighbourhood museum which is interesting too (not sure what it is officially called, but it's just over the hill near the windmill )

Whoops!

Just seen the immediately previous example of door/luggage etiquette

Now THAT I would have liked to have seen! Most encouraging. Encore!!!

Maddening Finnish Manners: 1. The inability to control self-closing doors when passing through them and preventing them from slamming in the face of the person behind. 2. The inability to form a queue based on the individuals' sequence of arrival. Very good at collecting tickets to ascertain turns, ...

Extremely poor show indeed!

Murali about to become the highest wicket taker in Test cricket history and the world can't listen!!!

Here is a link to the TMS daily summary podcast as a consolation.......

Thanks for that, but nothing there......... I am probably going to have to watch the ball by commentary on Cricinfo. One step up from Ceefax........sad

Does anyone know of any internet radio commentary on the current test match in Kandy???

The BBC isn't broadcasting it outside the UK it seems

Check. Onion gravy with Marsala. The remaining dregs being applied to some mashed potato tomorrow as the man suggests

It was really tasty. Definitely one to be repeated soon. Sorry but can't help out with the Fish and Chips. Having been weaned on Public Information Films in the '70s, I have never had the courage to attempt any kind of deep fat frying. It always ends up with molten polystyrene ceiling tiles, blacken...

Karhunkoski and Penelope, Many thanks. The bunch have just consumed the TitH with some gusto! (despite there being some nagging doubt why on earth toads would be mentioned, if they were not part of the ingredients :D ) I am not an aficionado of the dish by any means, however I think it turned out ra...