Arnold and Newlin: Joel and Andrew in Europe 1978

Andrew arrived in Luxembourg after his graduation in June to travel on a Eurail pass, and Joel got an Interrail pass. They went from Luxembourg to Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, back to France, then Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.

postcard of Pont de Jambes, Namur, Belgium

Joel met Andrew at the airport in Luxembourg, then they took the train to Namur in Belgium before heading to Paris

Andrew in Namur, Belgium

Joel in Namur, Belgium

Andrew in France

Joel in Bordeaux, France

Andrew in France

Andrew in Lisbon

Joel in Lisbon

Joel in Stockholm ready to board the ferry to Helsinki

Andrew with Jani Juntunen

Seppo Juntunen giving Andrew some home-brewed mead

Jarno Juntunen, Andrew, and Heikki Kettunen

Andrew in the sauna with a birch whisk

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Arnold and Newlin: Joel in Finland 1977–1978

In September, 1977, Joel took off for Finland again, this time he got himself admitted to study at the University of Helsinki, where he took an intensive Finnish language class and then regular classes in the field of general linguistics. 

postcard of Helsinki Marketplace, purchased 1977

postcard of Helsinki Marketplace (back), sent by Joel to Eric in September 1977

Joel's International Student ID card from the Council on International Educational Exchange (University of Florida)

Joel's International Student ID card from the Student Service Finland (University of Helsinki)

Joel's monthly student travel pass for Helsinki

From Helsinki he would still stake the seven-hour train ride to North Karelia to visit the Kettunen family and would spend holidays with them as well. He registered at the University of Helsinki with the Kettunen's residence in Kaarnalampi as his home address so he could qualify for the 50% student discount on the national trains and buses. 

Heikki Kettunen at the Czar Alexander II statue in front of the Helsinki Cathedral

Christmas in the Kettunen household included a joulupukki (Santa Claus or father Christmas) in lambskin and a beard.

Christmas eve: Veikko Kettunen, Auli Kettunen, Pirkko Piironen, Aino Kettunen, "Joulupukki", Seppo Kettunen, Jarno Juntunen, Leena Juntunen, Jani Juntunen, Seppo Juntunen, Joel, Ari Kettunen, and Martti Piironen

Joel pouring melted lead into cold water on New Year's Day to foretell the year to come

Auli Kettunen, Joel, and Seppo and Leena Juntunen clowning around

Joel in the Kettunen living room

Joel on Seurasaari, Helsinki

Joel in Helsinki

Joel in Stockholm with a Swedish host and Hungarian classmate

Joel in the Stockholm metro with Swedish and Hungarian friends

Joel waiting for a bus in Stockholm with Hungarian classmates

Joel in Kaknäs tower, Stockholm, with Swedish and Hungarian friends

Joel on the ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki hamming it up with friends

Joel and friends try out stilts on Seurasaari

Joel, Annie, and Voitto

Joel, Annie, and Voitto

Joel with friends Erja, Annie, and Voitto

Voitto, Annie and Joel

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Arnold and Newlin: Skansen 1970

Skansen is an open-air museum of Swedish historical culture on Djurgården island in Stockholm that we visited frequently during our stay in 1969–1970. These photos are from May and June 1970.

Andrew and Eric playing on Djurgården

Newlin, Andrew, Eric, and Hazel at Skansen

Andrew, Allan, Joel, Newlin, Eric, and Hazel outside the Solliden Restaurant, Skansen

Hazel, Allan, Joel, Eric, and Newlin lunching at the Solliden Restaurant, Skansen

Joel, Allan, Newlin, and Eric at the Terrassen Café, Skansen

Andrew, Eric, Newlin, Newlin, Joel, Allan on Djurgården

Allan, Joel and Newlin at Skansen

Allan and Joel at Skansen

Newlin, Eric, Andrew, and Hazel Newlin at Skansen

Also on Djurgården was the Nordiska Museet (the Nordic Museum):

Eric and Andrew with 16th Century throne, Nordiska Museet

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Arnold and Newlin: Stockholm 1970

We drove down to Stockholm numerous times during the year — it was just an hour's drive from Uppsala — to visit the museums (open-air museum Skansen, Moderna Museet, Prins Eugen's Waldemarsudde art museum, Nordiska Museet), Gamla Stan (the Old City), the royal palace, the battleship Wasa, Gröna Lund amusement park, and the NK department store.

Andrew and Eric in Stockholm

Newlin, Eric, Allan, Andrew, and Joel in Stockholm

Stockholm viewed from the top of City Hall

U.S. Embassy in Stockholm

Allan, Newlin, Andrew, Eric, and Joel in Gamla Stan

Eric in Gamla Stan

Eric, Newlin, Andrew, Joel, and Allan in Gamla Stan

changing of the guard at the royal palace

Stockholm harbor

Kaknäs Tower is a communication tower near Stockholm:

Kaknästornet, 2012 image by kallerna via Wikimedia Commons

Eric, Newlin, Andrew, Allan, and Joel picnicking near Kaknästornet

Eric and Andrew with sheep in a field near Kaknästornet

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