07.07.07, DDR ja Kaustinen

It's a bit peculiar and memorable date. Years ago - 7.7.77 - Sini and I were in DDR (=German Democratic Republic). That was a memorable date and day, too. We wrote lots and lots of postcards and sent them back to Finland for our friends and relatives. Actually that was the only time I ever visited DDR. Nowadays there's only one Germany and communism has lost its rule all over the Europe. And there are only a few countries in the whole wide world that resemble Sovjet-style socialism...

Early tomorrow I'll be leaving for Kaustinen Folkmusic Festival - for a couple of days of music making. I'll take only flute, recorder and domra with me... and of course my camera.

Juha H.