Finland has some of the most advanced users of Virtual Construction in the world and Flowline Scheduling is taught to all construction personnel when they start out whether it is in a university or on a jobsite.  So, I've been here working with some of the largest construction companies in Finland to get them up to speed on Vico Office.  Of course, you may guess that I am now stuck here due to the ash cloud covering Europe.  It sounds like a Monty Python skit, doesn't it?

Well I have been keeping my rather large family back in the USA informed about my saga using email, twitter and skype and here is what my sister Susan emailed me back to help me occupy my weekend.

Susan, "So..lets make a top ten list. Ten things you can do in Finland for the weekend....

10.Take a bottle of Nyquil and pray to wake up on Monday or Tuesday....

9. Learn how to make reindeer fondue!!!!!!!!!

8. Calculate how far Russia is from here you are? 

7. Call your scholarly Mother in NY who specializes in world history and learn the history of Finland...going back 200 or 300 years.....snore

6. Watch the Red Sox lose this weekend over the internet with a Finnish broadcaster..Yeah!

5. Organize your contact list in your blackberry for the 70th time.....

4. Watch the Yankee games over the internet with a Finnish broadcaster......Yeah!

3. Learn how to dogsled to see if you can escape across the tundra.

2. Learn all the words to the all of the ABBA songs in Finnish.

1. Learn how to pronounce the name of the Icelandic volcano that is causing all this chaos.  (And no, it is not pronounced "eefffing.")

Hope this cheered you up, sister Sue."

Give me your suggestions for what I should do to occupy my last days in Finland.  Or if you're stuck in Europe, too, give me a ring and we can discuss the train schedule!