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Once Upon A Time In France: Migrant Misery, Right Fright, And Josephine Joy
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Once Upon A Time In France: Migrant Misery, Right Fright, And Josephine Joy

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Dec 09, 2021
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Because Paris is not quite cold and grey enough this time of year, I decided to make a return visit to Helsinki, Finland to remind myself of what living with only 6 hours of sunlight every day feels like. Fortunately, the bottomless well of Finnish good humor, a deadly serious sauna culture that involved very detailed lessons on which types of branches …

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