The Day of the Buried, day of the dead. We walked through a graveyard and I couldn't help but think my beloved sister, who, after some 18 months of exhausting fight against evil cancer, died last June. On her birthday. Rest in peace, Kirsi. I miss you.

Also, there's a Hifi Expo 2012 going on  in Helsinki and for the first time in years, I wasn't participating. And I felt relieved, actually. Year after year the show has lost it's interest, basically because of offering very poorly set up demos by dealers who just don't have enough skills and experience to do that properly. Well, I could name a couple of dealers who would have managed to do that, but they missed the show this year like me..;-) But still, not even they would have the gear I'm interested in nowadays..

That said, I'm happy if someone got an itch..experienced something new and even sensational. In the end after all we're walking this path quite differently - someone has just started his traveling getting thrilled on everything new and exciting to come across, on the other hand, someone else has found a quiet, peaceful stop by and is just enjoying the opening view..