{"id":26990,"date":"2015-12-17T17:16:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T21:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=26990"},"modified":"2015-12-17T17:16:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T21:16:15","slug":"thursday-night-almost-finnished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2015\/12\/17\/thursday-night-almost-finnished\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday night &#8211; Almost Finnish(ed)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahhhh.. just lying down after a long and very interesting day here in Finland. Friends Tin, Milan and I drove about an hour an half up to the town of Kouvola to meet with some really great folks at an incubator up here.. It was well worth the drive..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We got on the road at 7AM.. but it was so dark it felt like 4AM !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5514.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5515.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We stopped for a quick bite.. see how awake my colleagues are ?\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5517.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was still pretty dark by 8AM\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5521.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We got to Kouvola around 9:30 and found our way to our hosts<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5523.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5527.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5528.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5529.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>by 2PM it was getting dark again !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5532.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By 3:30 it was night !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5533.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Great meeting.. .. grabbed a quick shot of the crew before we let around 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5535.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5538.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5540.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5541.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5543.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We drove back to Helsinki and found a cool middle eastern hipster place.. .. the meal started with grog<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5544.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the dinners were HUGE !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5546.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we decided to take a stroll to walk off some of that food.. it was cold and rainey (like home I hear).. but it felt so good to walk<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5550.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5552.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\\<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5554.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\\\\<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5568.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5567.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we did a little window shopping ..\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5570.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5569.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5571.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5572.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and checked out some public art\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5573.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5579.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5583.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5586.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\\<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we walked down to the harbor.. then walked back in the drizzle\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5587.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5588.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5591.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5592.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5513.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>now I just gotta sleep Another early morning tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>more then<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahhhh.. just lying down after a long and very interesting day here in Finland. Friends Tin, Milan and I drove about an hour an half up to the town of Kouvola to meet with some really great folks at an incubator up here.. It was well worth the drive.. &nbsp; We got on the road &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2015\/12\/17\/thursday-night-almost-finnished\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday night &#8211; Almost Finnish(ed)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27071,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26990\/revisions\/27071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}