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[nanook0624]

walked from 42nd and 7th to UN building on 42nd and 1st.  stopped along the way at bank for MO and a passport photo place (turns out, i didn't need one of the MO's or the photos yet.  argh!).  the international passport photo guidelines are much different from US.  your face must be 32-36mm in height in the photo, which is a serious close-up.  no

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[favoriteplum]

I am oddly red faced in mine.
'You want to...?'
'No, take it.'
'It is what it is?'
'Take it!'
'Here you go, and thank you for your patience.'

H&M recently (currently?) had a Marimekko print line, I believe?

I tend to think traveling a lot will mean a mother-load at the library, but the timing is always off. And even with a few extra library codes, never enough.

[nanook0624]

yes, Marimekko! i got a dress and a hat and a shirt. lovely. i also stopped in at Anthropologie today, as they carry Marimekko, but the best dress they had is already going to be a bday gift from the parentals. :) (sigh) i love all sorts of Finnish things. :)

my US passport photo is from high school, and i have about 8 hemp necklaces on, SHORT hair, and my shirt is literally COVERED in MJ Thriller promotional pins i got at a rummage sale. such was my life. it gets the looks at Customs.

[nanook0624]

and btw, ms. computer-savvy... what laptop do you recommend? i must start budgeting for one. something simple, nothing outrageous. for typing work on the go. no movies or anything. plenty of storage for data.

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Dual citizenship, eh?

Your folks are from Finland?

[nanook0624]

indeed. and i lived there as a wee tyke. they opened up the gates for dual citizenship again a few years ago (there are periods when they do it, and it's the ONLY chance you get to apply), and i finally did it. down to the wire - deadline is June 2! ha. my brother has had it for a year or so, and when we were travelling last summer, it was so easy for him, between countries.

[_jeremiad]

Nifty.

[_jeremiad]

Speaking of Europe...

Is it hard to travel between countries? I'm thinking of doing a big European excursion this autumn/winter.