From the Ohio Country and Into the World

#thingsiloveaboutfinland  Blog post by Ethan Tabor who served as Deputy Public Affairs Officer at U.S. Embassy Finland, 2017-2020, Originally posted on 8/14/2020 by U.S. Embassy Finland https://fi.usembassy.gov/thingsiloveaboutfinland/ I had a conversation with a colleague a few months ago about doing a series of personal social media posts highlighting the top 10 or 20 things I love about Finland. We ultimately decided to turn it into an embassy series, including a couple of fellow diplomats, who breezed through Finnish with me in 2016 and 2017 and who also depart this summer. Sadly, we ended up with only two posts before corona virus. One was based on our love for all that is right with Runebergin tortut and the other was about Finnish playgrounds. COVID-19 may have altered our project, but COVID also gave me a lot more time to think about the things I love about this magical land Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Under the North Star). Earlier this summer I reached the milestone of 21 year