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Daily
reports by Kevin Friedrich (CIA Ambassador) with festival pictures and videos provided by Kevin Friedrich, Harley Jones and Kimmo Mattila
for event videos, please visit the Education and Archive Project link. For Alfa TV Coverage, archive link will be added when it becomes available.
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Sightseeing in and around Turku |
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Guests to the Coupe Mondiale Festival in Finland, enjoy a visit to the Sibelius Museum, profiling the life and times of Finland's celebrated composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) |
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Yulia Amerikova, Alexander Selivanov and Vitacheslav Semionov at the Sibelius Museum |
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Kevin Friedrich, Cory Pesaturo, Liz Finch, Georg Hettmann, Mary Tokarski, Sonja Palinich,
Alison Worthington, Werner Weibert, Aino Ojakoski-Mattila and Kimmo Mattila |
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Above left: guests at the Turku Cathedral (Turun Tuomiokirkko). The Cathedral is the Mother Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and considered to be the most important religious building in Finland. The cathedral was originally built out of wood in the late 13th century, and was dedicated as the main cathedral of Finland in 1300, the seat of the bishop of Turku. It was considerably expanded in the 14th and 15th centuries, mainly using stone as the construction material. The cathedral was damaged during the Great Fire of Turku in 1827 but was rebuilt afterwards.
Above right: the beautiful Aura River and the adjacent town. |
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The Turku Castle (Turun linna) is a medieval building in the city of Turku and together with Turku Cathedral, the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use in Finland. It was founded in the late 13th century and stands on the banks of the Aura River. |
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Turku Castle (Turun linna) |
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Turku Castle (Turun linna) |
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Turku Castle (Turun linna) |
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| Coupe Mondiale Cruise Turku - Stockholm - Turku |
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Guests to the Turku Coupe Mondiale embarked on a 24 hour cruise to Stockholm and back |
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CIA President Raymond Bodell welcoming CIA Guests aboard the Baltic Princess |
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Kimmo Mattila, Terry and Michelle Boddicker, Kevin Friedrich, Tony Davies-Jones, Alexander Bodell and Harley Jones |
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Kevin Friedrich, Sonja Palinich, Raymond and Anna Bodell |
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The Viking and Silja cruise liners make a stop at the Åland Islands. This is a region of Finland that consists of an archipelago lying at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. It is an autonomous, demilitarised entity, and is the only completely Swedish speaking region of Finland. Here is the impressive sight of four cruise liners arriving/departing the Åland Islands while making their way to and from Turku. |
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As the boat made its way to and from Stockholm, the Swedish and Finnish archipelagos, containing tens of thousands of islands, provided some beautiful glimpses of nature and the spectacular scenery. |
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American accordionist Cory Pesaturo, guest at the Coupe Mondiale
festival,
performing for guests aboard the Baltic Princess |
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Ville and Kimmo Mattila enjoying the afternoon entertainment provided by Cory Pesaturo |
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Guests aboard the Baltic Princess enjoying the spectacular sunset |
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Farewell dinner back on land in Turku |
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as most of the guests made their way home again, a few made their way to the CIA Headquarters in Ikaalinen,
where mother nature put on a spectacular show at sunset. |
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the famous 'Bird House' at the Hanuritalo (Accordion House) in Ikaalinen, Finland |
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