Saturday, April 22, 2006

Soll


Soll
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
We went to Austria for a short holiday. We found Soll, a fantastic resort that went up to the top of my list. Amazing long slopes, you can ski for 3 days and you still have not managed to go around it.

Fuimos a Austria para unos dias de esqui. Descubrimos Soll unas pistas increibles que han pasado a lo mas alto de mi lista de pistas de esqui. Las pistas son larguisimas y es enorme, en tres dias aun no te ha dado tiempo de dar la vuelta a todo.

Noel in the Spanish club


Noel in the Spanish club
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Noel attended a few times the Spanish time. He even celebrated a friend's birthday there.

Noel ha visitado unas cuantas veces el club infantil espanol, donde una amiguito celebro su cumpleanos.

The French Finn


The French Finn
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
I came across this car driving downtown Helsinki. A French Renault with French plates painted with the Finnish flag.

Conduciendo en el centro de Helsinki me encontre con este coche de matricula francesa pintado con la bandera finlandesa.

3GSM


3GSM
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
In the same trip we visited Barcelona and I attended the 3GSM.

En el mismo viaje visitamos BArcelona y yo atendi el congreso de 3GSM.

Noel at work


Noel at work
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
We visited Zaragoza and Noel went to see his grandmas office. He was the center of attention again.

Visitamos Zaragoza y Noel fue a ver la oficina de su yaya. De nuevo fue el centro de atencion.

The Stockholm discotheque toilets


The Stockholm discotheque toilets
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
I visited the Mobile Monday and discovered this toilets in the Stockholm discotheque.

Atendi el Mobile Monday y descubri estos urinarios en la Stockholm dicotheque.

Skiing at -20C in Messila


Skiing at -20C in Messila
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
This winter we went in February with the Aaens for a ski day to Messila. The day was fantastic although one of the coldest of the year. One of the coldest experiences so far. Any exposed skin would hurt in seconds.

Este invierno fuimos a Messila a esquiar con los Aaens. Fue un dia fantastico pero tambien uno de los mas frios. Cualquier parte de piel expuesta empezaba a doler en segundos.

Monday, March 06, 2006

What do architects write in Toilets?


I visited the faculty of architecture and found out that someone had written in the toilet door this funny question: "What is your favourite scale?" While in other faculties graffity tends to be a bit dirtier, architects are a bit more creative. The scales included really funny ones like 1:Pi or man:woman

Hace poco visite la facultad de arquitectura y encontre que alguien habia escrito esta divertida pregunta en la puerta: "Cual es tu escala favorita?" Mientras quen en otras facultades el grafiti tiende a ser mas sucio, los arquitectos son mas creativos. Las escalas incluian cosas como 1:Pi o hombre:mujer

The Australians visited Helsinki


Karoliina spent with us a few weeks around Christmas time coming all the way from Australia. His boyfriend Phillip came from Germany to spend a few days with us. He is a really nice guy with a really funny Australio-German accent :-) He is really cool and they make a very nice couple.

Karoliina vino desde Australia para pasar unas semanas con nostros en Navidades. Su novio Phillip vino desde Alemania para pasar unos dias con nosotros. Es un tio super majo con una mezcla de acento Australiano y aleman super divertido. Lo cierto es que hacen una pareja ideal.

Monday, February 20, 2006

The most impressive airport in the world

Tom Den Heijer, a student of my Spain and Latina America as a business area course promised me to send some pictures from St. Marteen. He did his presentation on the little island, ending with a set of great pictures from the airpot. He then told me that have plans to visit the island for the Christmas holidays. well here they are plus this link with an amazing video of a plane approaching the airport.

Tom Den Heijer, un estudiante de mi curso de España y latinoamerica como area de negocios me ha mandado una seri de fotos impresionantes de su viaje a St. Marteen. St. Marteen es bien conocido entre los amantes de los aeropuertos y aviones. Los aviones pasan a escasos metros de la playa. Tom hizo su presentacion de St. Marteen unas semanas antes de ir a pasar unas vacaciones a la isla. Tambien me ha mandado un link a este video.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Happy parents at Paloheina


Happy parents at Paloheina
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
We went sledging to Paloheina. Rasmus and Joonas the fastests. Just a few days before the temperatures dropped down to -25C

Fuimos a tirarnos en trineo a Paloheina. Rasmus y Joonas fueron los mas rapidos. Justo unos dias antes de que las temperaturas bajaran a -25C.

Anger management


Anger management
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
We played Carcassone till very very late. And Xavier gave us a lesson on Anger management.

Jugamos a CArcassone hasta bien entrada la madrugada y Xavier nos dio una leccion de como controlar emociones.

Friend's over for New Year


Friend's over for New Year 1
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
New year was great. We cooked for our friends (Jolas, Ikola-Geers) and everything was excellent, food (lamb), wines, company, fireworks...We even ate the Spanish grapes following telemadrid in internet.

El cambio de ano lo pasamos con amigos (Jolas, Ikola-Geers) en casa. Todo fue genial, la comida (Cordero), el vino, los fuegos artificiales, hasta pudimos seguir las uvas por internet con Telemadrid.

Noel by the tree


Noel by the tree 1
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Last Christmas we spent it at home. Lots of gifts for Noel. He specially like his new car from Spain.

LAs navidades pasadas las pasamos en casa. Noel tuvo muchos regalos, pero lo que mas le gusto fue el escarabajo azul que le llego de Espana.

Aleksis birthday


Aleksis birthday
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Last December Aleksi celebrated his birthday with a costumes party. Noel went dressed like a pumpkin.

El pasado diciembre Aleksi celebro su cumple con una fiesta de disfraces y Noel fue de calabaza

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Our family tree


Today I finished our family tree, something that I started in 2003. Well the truth is that I realised that it will never be over. It is a living tree, there are always details missing and new people coming. However the big picture is here. Hundreds of relatives, huge families interconnected, sometimes several times, and plenty of annecdotes and personal stories behind, and close to 10 meters of wallpaper. Thanks a lot to Mamen and my tia Josefina, tia Maruja and Yaya Carmen and Pilar.

Hoy he terminado nuestro arbol genealogico, algo que empece en el 2003. Aunque la verdad es que me he dado cuenta de que nunca estara terminado ya que algo vivo y hay siempre que completar detalles y anadir detalles. De cualquier manera la parte principal esta ahi. Cientos de familiares, familias con decenas de hermanos, primos y sobrinos, familias unidas a veces por mas de una conexion, montones de anecdotas e historias familiares y casi 10 metros de papel para representarlo. Muchisimas gracias a mi tia Mamen a mi tia Maruja, tia Josefina y Yayas Carmen y Pilar.

Saturday, December 24, 2005

CSI visited Fjord UK


CSI visited Fjord UK
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
There was a break a few days ago at our office in London and the local CSI came to do forensics. The burglars could not take anything since the alarms went on.

Hace unos dias entraron en nuestras oficinas de Londres y el CSI local vino a investigar. Los ladrones no consiguieron llevarse nada pues la alram les sorprendio.

Scene of the car accident in Tampere

On our way to the airport in Tampere we had a small accident with another car and the police came to check. Fortunally it was nothing important. And my parents managed to get late but in time on their trip to London.

De camino al aeropuerto de Tampere tuvimos un pequeno accidente con el coche, pero no fue nada, y pudieron llegar tarde, pero en tiempo para su vuelo a Londres

Party time


Party time 2
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Lots of pictures in Flickr about Noel's birthday parties. Lots of friends and family

Montones de fotos en Flickr del cumple de Noel con amigos y familia

Souvenir from Santa


Family with Santa 1
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
And of course we took the traditional family photo with the one and only real Santa Claus.

Y por supuesto nos llevamos de recuerdo una foto con el unico Santa Claus antentico.

Train from the North Pole


Train from the North Pole
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
We all came down from the north by train.

Volvimos a Helsinki en este pintoresco tren.

Dark night in Rovaniemi at 16.05


Dark night in Rovaniemi at 16.05
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
In Rovaniemi it got dark around 3pm.

En Rovaniemi se hacia oscuro a eso de las 3 de la tarde.

Riding the reindeer


Riding the reindeer
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Quite and experince to ride the reindeers in the middle of the day, I mean night.

Toda una experience conducir un trineo de renos en mitad del dia, quiero decir de la noche.

Snowmen at Santa's


Snowmen at Santa's
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Santa Claus Village looked great. Full of tourists and snow.

Santa Claus Village estaba precioso. Lleno de nieve, turistas etc

My parents visited Santa Claus


Ice candles at Santa's 2
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
A couple of weeks ago my parents visited us for Noel's birthday. I pickd them up with Noel from Tampere and went to Rovaniemi. There we went to visit Santa Claus.

Hace un par de semanas mis padres nos visitaron para el cumple de Noel. Les recogimos en Tampere y subimos a Rovaniemi donde fuimos a ver a Santa Claus.

Mis Rom on the sunset in Rovaniemi


Mis Rom on the sunset in Rovaniemi
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Tanje Mis Rom and Noel spent good part of November in Rovaniemi. I went over the weekends. For Mis Rom was a lot of first times.

Tanje Mis Rom and Noel pasaron gran parte de Noviembre en Rovaniemi. Yo fui los fines de semana. Para Mis Rom fue la primera vez para muchas cosas.

Noel at the center of the stage


Noel at the center of the stage
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Noel again did enjoy his music lecture, taking the stage on his own.

Noel de nuevo disfrutando de su clase de musica, tomando protagonismo

Noel and Noora also playing


Noel and Noora
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Noora is another good friend

Noora es otra buena amiga de Noel

Noel and Aleksi playing together


Noel and Aleksi Fall 2005
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Noel has started to enjoy playing this fall with all his friends. Aleksi came over to paly with Noel a few times.

Noel esta aprendiendo a jugar con amigos. Aleksi ha venido varias veces a jugar a casa.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Everynow and then you come across a melody that you cant take away from your head. Well these days Matti contaminated my mind with this great tune

De vez en cuando te cruzas con una melodia que durante dias no te puedes quitar de la cabeza. Bueno pues estos dias Matti me ha metido esta en la cabeza.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Noel took some music lessons last fall and enjoyed dancing and playing drums

Noel participo en octubre en unas clases de musica y le encantaba bailar y tocar los palillos

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Monday, November 07, 2005

Crossing the main street in Fiskars


Crossing the main street in Fiskars
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
And we finally made it to Fiskars. The weather became amazing at the end of the day and we were able to take really beutiful pictures full of autumm colors.

Y por fin llegamos a Fiskars. El tiempo fue increible al final y pudimos sacar fotos llenas de colores de otono.

Noel Sep 2005 Fiskars


Noel Sep 2005 Fiskars
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Noel enjoyed the whole trip

Noel se lo tomo muy bien todo el viaje

Raaseporinlinna castle fall 2005


Raaseporinlinna castle fall 2005
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
We also went to see the Raaseporinlinna. I really had no clue that there were so beautiful castles in Finland. This one impressed me with his location on top of the rock.

Tambien paramos en el castillo de Raaseporinlinna. No tenia ni idea de que hubiera castillos tan hermosos en Finlandia. Este en particular me impresiono al estar construido sobre una roca en mitad de un llano.

Ruukki Sep 2005


Ruukki Sep 2005
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
At the end of September we went one Sunday for a nice trip to Fiskars with Miss Rom, Laia and Jussi. On the way we stopped at Ruukki. A very nice origianl mill and forge. I guess Rautaruukki, the metalworks leading Finnish mogul started here.

Al final de Septiembre fuimos un domingo a Fiskars con Mis Rom, Laia y Jussi. De camino a nuestro destino paramos en Ruukki, una antiguo molino y fragua donde me imagino que nacio Rautaruukki, la empresa lider del metal finlandesa.

Daniele in the forest


Daniele in the forest
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Daniele paid us a visit at the end of the summer. He came to see us to Villinki were he got deep into the magic forest.

Daniele vino a visitarnos al final del verano a Villinki. Le llevamos a ver el musgo centenario del bosque de hadas.

Monday, October 24, 2005

Fjord in Villinki


Olof the Chef
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
This September Fjord met in Villinki for the strategy weekend. We had fun and worked hard planning the future.

Este septiembre Fjord se reunio en Villinki para un fin de semana de estrategia. Lo pasmos muy bien y trabajamos duro.

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Ground evaluation at Sipoo


Ground evaluation team
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
We sent a team some weeks ago to check the nature of the ground of our lot. The result is that there is about 2.5m of dirt before you reach the rock and a bit of humidity so we need to build on top of poles.

Mandamos a un equipo para que evaluara el terreno donde queremos construir. El resultado es que hay 2.5m de tierra hasta tocar la roca, con algo de humedad. Asi que tendremos que construir encima de pilares

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Tanje and Mis Rom in Villinki


Tanje and Mis Rom in Villinki
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
This weekend we took the boat off the water. Ola came to help, the battery was dead and the boat is far too heavy. In the end we all helped, even Leffu came to give us a hand. This was Mis Rom first visit to the archipielago.

Este fin de semana sacamos el barco del agua. Ola vino a ayudar, la bateria estaba muerta y el barco es demasiado pesado para uno, o incluso dos. Asi que al final todos ayudaron, incluso Leffu vino a echar una mano. Mis Rom visito por primera vez el archipielago.

Dinner at Jussi and Laia's


Dinner at Jussi and Laia's
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Laia and Jussi invited us for dinner and we went the four of us. Laia as always prepared excellent food. I keep saying to myself that she should open a restaurant...Mi Rom met the other Laia, a Spanish au pair also in Helsinki.

Laia y Jussi nos invitaron a cenar a su casa y alli que fuimos los cuatro. Laia nos preparo de nuevo una comida riquisima, y no paro de pensar en que Laia deberia montar un restaurant. Mis Rom conocio a la otra Laia, una Aupari espanola, tambien en Helsinki.

Red trees in Oulunkyla


Red trees in Oulunkyla
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Really nice colours that fade away really fast.

Colores preciosos que cambian cada dia.

Mis Rom first time out in Helsinki


Mis Rom first time out in Helsinki
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
Mis Rom came all the way from Cambodia to be our "Au pair" for the next year. We are so happy to have her with us. We took her around to see Helsinki. Noel seems to like her a lot.

Mis Rom ha venido desde Camboya para ser nuestra Au pair durante el ano que viene. Estamos super contentos de tenerla entre nosotros. Le llevamos a ver un poco Helsinki. Noel se lleva muy bien con ella.

Noel with Dady's car


Noel with Dady's car 2
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
We went downtown and Noel showed how much he likes daddy's car. He could almost walk then.

Bajamos al centro y Noel no enseno cuanto le gusta el coche de papi. Casi que sabia andar ya entonces.

Skis in Nokia house lobby


Skis in Nokia house lobby
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
The winter is coming, and soon we will need to take out again the skis. Last year I managed to take this photo at Nokia's house lobby where somone after skiing to work, left his skis next to the coats.

El invierno se acerca y pronto tendremos que sacar los esquis. El ano pasado saque esta foto en la recepcion de las oficinas centrales de Nokia donde alguien habia ido a trabajar en esquis, y decidio dejarlos al lado de los abrigos.

VC course August 2005


VC course August 2005
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
It was revealing. So many years dreaming on being an entrepreneur, and this course open my eyes about what it really means. One of the best courses of the MBA program. The best, guest lecturers and the simulation game. We won with a $690M IPO. Entrepreneurship might have to wait, but let's see for how long...

Fue realmente una revelacion de curso. Unno de los mejores del MBA que me descubrio la verdad detras del emprendedor, despues de muchos anos sonando con montar mi propia empresa. Lo mejor, los invitados y el juego de simulacion donde ganamos con una salida a bolsa de 650 millones de dolares. El emprendedor dentro de mi debera esperar, pero cuanto...?

Birds heading South


Birds heading South
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
The Summer is over, and the birds from Viikki start heading south.

El verano se acabo y los pajaros de Viikki empiezan a emigrar al sur.

Fantastic Yacht by my office


Fantastic Yacht by my office
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
For a few days while the World athletics took place in Helsinki, this amazing boat was in front of my office.

Durante los mundiales de atletismo en Helsinki, este increible barco estuvo aparcado en frente de mi oficina.

The crew rowing the church boat


The crew rowing the church boat 4
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
We were invited at Terhi's and Suvi's 30th birthday party at Terhi's family place in Niemela. We had a really god time. We got to ride horses, drive quads, and do a bit of orientation. On Sunday we went to a restaurant on th eother side of the island rowing a traditional church boat, just before the sky felt on top of us.

Fuims al 30 cumpleanos de Terhi y Suvi en la casa de la familia de Terhi en Niemela. Lo pasamos genial, pudimos ir a caballo, conducir quads, y hacer un poco de orientacion entre otras muchas cosas. El domingo fuimos a un restaurante en el otro lado de la isla en el tradicional barco que usaban los aldeanos para ir a misa.

Haikon Kartano on our fifth anniversary

We got a suite in the Spa. The decoration of the suite and overall the spa was a bit decadent, but the old mansion and gardens are beautifull and the best was the food.

Estuvimos en una suite en el balneario. La decoracion de la habitacion y el balnearion en si eran un poco decadentes. Pero la mansion, los jardines eran preciosos y la comida excepcional.

Moon shine in Haiko


Moon shine in Haiko
Originally uploaded by Inaki.
It was a perfect night, the moon was shining almost like a small sun. Hard to beleive from this photo that indeed was the moon.

Fue una noche perfecta, la luna brillaba como un sol pequeno. Dificil de cree que de hecho era la luna.

Tanje and Inaki five years and going strong

Long time no posts. After returning from the summer, we got back to the daily routine in full speed, no leaving much time to blog. But now finally I found a bit of time to catch up on what happened over the last two months.

In August we celebrated our fifth anniversary. These last five years, have been amazing. We went through lots of moments of joy and also some difficult times. But Noel summarizes the love that hapiness within our family.

Tras volver de las vacaciones, la vuelta a la rutina no nos ha dejado mucho tiempo para el blog. Pero ahora por fin con un poco de tiempo para contar los ultimos dos meses.

En Agosto celebramos nuestro quinto aniversario. Los ultimos cinco anos han sido fantasticos. Hemos pasado montones de momentos de alegria y algun que otro momento dificil. Pero Noel resume perfectamente estos cinco anos de amor y alegria en nuestra familia.

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