Reply To: 2011 Spring Teams

[hockeygod]

Have a good trip Tom. Looking forward to hooking up with you when you get back to see what you learned!

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Dean after one missed flight and a rerout to zurich I am finally at the Vienna airport waiting for my train. Now if the can find my luggage which is mostly books to take to Juuso tomrrow all will be well.
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It is about noon in Turku, Finland now. It is also May 1 which is May Day and a big deal all over Europe. People here wear the school cap they got when they graduated. Last night there were parties all over the city to celebrate.
I went for a two hour walk this morning while Juuso (Juhani Wahlsten) worked on his autobiography. He has been asked to write this as a history of hockey in Finland. There basically was no hockey when he was a young boy. The game was introduced and he and his friends took it up. Juuso played on the Finnish National team for 11 seasons and 3 Olympic Games. He also has coached all over he world. He was named to the IIHF Hall of Fame along with Kent Nilsson on Sweden and Petrov of Russia about 5 years ago. this was because of his playing, coaching and contributions to hockey development throughout the world.

Juuso introduced Ringuette to Finland and they are now the top country in the world at that womenäs sport.

On my walk along the river I went up to a sports park that has a soccer and a track and field stadium as well as beach volleyball, fitness stations, ponds, tennis courts, etc. Great place for active life styles. People walking and riding their bikes. Very active lifestyle. Every road has a bike path and walking path beside it, so being active is much safer than in north america where the auto is king.

Dean
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