Fantastic Finland.

My readers (that aren't my family) might not know this, but I'M FINNISH!

I always flaunt the fact that I'm Italian, I love to tell people that I'm Italian and that my grandmothers name was Angeline Paoli and I have great-twin-uncles named Guido & Luido, but! Who knew I was Finnish!? Definitely not you.

So, on the vein of trying to be proud of my heritage, I decided to do some research on the land of Finland(ia). (I added the -ia for more fun when you say it)

1) Easiest flag to remember and to draw. Ever. excluding Japan.

2) Finnish is one of the hardest languages to learn - it has 15 different grammatical cases. English has 2, and German has 4 (just to put it into perspective). But my grandfather (Clifford Francis Paulson) spoke it fluently. way to go grandpa!

3) There are tons of reindeer in Finland! how fun.

4) Female President. Booya.

ps. Finland was the first country to grant women voting rights (1906).

5) Tap water is so great in Helsinki that it is bottled and sold to none other than Saudi Arabia.

6) Finland hosts world championship events such as: mosquito swatting, wife-carrying, mobile phone throwing, boot throwing and swamp soccer.

you might think you're good at soccer, but until you've played it in a swamp I don't know if you can say that.

7) The 15th anniversary of the World Championship of Air Guitar will take place in Finland.

8) Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants. (moral compass = straight on)

9) There are 2.2 million saunas in Finland. Apparently it's as common as going to a pub is for a Brit.

10) Finland is considered the most competitive country in the world. They also hold the most world championships. (whether thats legit championships (ie: hockey) or wife-carrying...)

Yeah, so I'm Finnish, and that's, pretty cool.

lacey darlene

"develop your eccentricities while you are young. that way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga." - David Ogilvy

Fantastic Finland.