Koli - 29 Oct - 1 Nov

The Koli Calling conference was held at Koli National Park. Koli is in the middle of Finland near the Russian border. The day before the conference a doctoral consortium was held in Joensuu near Koli. I travelled to Joensuu by train - a little over four hours from Helsinki - and then to the conference by bus. On the afternoon on the second day of the conference we went for a walk in the Park.

After the doctoral consortium - waiting for the bus to Koli

After dinner at Koli. Lauri Malmi at the piano - with Neena, Ari and Ahmad looking on.

The thermometer outside my room - reading minus 5 degrees.

The view from my room - through the trees I could see Lake Pielinen

A session at the conference

Ukko-Koli -- the first peak on the walk, where we had a wonderful view of Lake Pielinen

Ukko-Koli

Petri with the map and Satu

Discussing which way to go

Waterfall with icicles

one of the icicles

The road down to Lake Pielinen

Walking down to the lake

Lake Pielinen

The frozen edge

Juha Helminen testing the ice

Petri and Meurig

A seat with a view of the lake

ice formation

frozen berries on a rowan tree

view of the sunset from the hotel

Juha Sorva presenting

breakast at the conference

Juha Sorva on the hotel viewing platform

The train at Joensuu station

Scene from the train on the way back to Helsinki