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what a nightmare…

  What a nightmare life has been since last Friday. On Fri afternoon I went to our new flat. It was not cleaned even if it’s ‘commercial custom’ here. I booked cleaning staff for tomorrow morning. They’re going to clean the whole place. Every detail.   Previous owner just took all their stuff and didn’t

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cleaning in Cairo!

  WOW, I can’t believe this – they are cleaning Cairo! I’m so proud of these people finally they take care of their own city, country!!!! WELL DONE!!!     A New Spirit of National Pride        

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WARNING to all expats moving to Casablanca, Morocco

We’ve lived in Casa soon 7 months. I have nothing good to say how housing is taken care of in this city. Owners are greedy and don’t keep their word. They are worst of all countries we’ve lived! TRUST is totally unknown word here.   What I’ve experienced corruption, nepotism are far more important than

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THE Social Traveler and French expats in Casa…

Last week I got a Tweet from The Social Traveler – of course we wanted to meet him! Ladies and gentlemen, THE Social Traveler! “Hi! I’m Bjorn and passionate about traveling and Social Media! Since 2006 I’ve had the luck to be working in Social Media and saw from upclose how rapidly a worldwide network

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Finland’s Independence Day’s reception…

the Finnish Ambassador to Cairo hosted a party at his residence yesterday… Finland, 91 independent years at 6.12.2008… napkin… 🙂 sorry about the quality of the pictures… first time with the new camera shooting in evening lightning… ooooh, it was difficult!

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Finland's Independence Day's reception…

the Finnish Ambassador to Cairo hosted a party at his residence yesterday… Finland, 91 independent years at 6.12.2008… napkin… 🙂 sorry about the quality of the pictures… first time with the new camera shooting in evening lightning… ooooh, it was difficult!

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Finland at Expo 2010 Shanghai, China…Kertokaa mielipiteenne videosta!!!

Finland will be part of the huge Shanghai Expo 2010 event. We will have a self-built pavilion with clear Finnish design. The name of the Finland Pavilion is Kirnu (in Finnish), Giant’s Kettle (in English) and 冰壶in Chinese.Feel free to watch a short video made on the pavilion concept on website / YouTube. And please

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lunch in the canteen of Indonesian Embassy… lounas Indonesian Kairon-suurlähetystön kanttiinissa…

aaah….kuin suomalaista siskonmakkarasoppaa! This soup was similar to our Finnish ”siskonmakkarasoppa”(soup with small pieces of sausage…) Kello 9 kohdalla nami kuivalihaa, tässä ilman maustekastiketta…varmuuden vuoksi koska oli kuulemma tosi hottia!Sen takana n. klo 10 on viininlehdistä tehtya salaatintapaista, mausteista…Kurkkujen vieressä on maissista tehty kakkunen, sisällä maissin jyviä…Klo 14 kohdalla mehukasta, ihanasti maustettua & grillattua kanaa…

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