title: Next Stop: A Memoir
author:  Glen Finland 
description: <div>&ldquo;This is not a romance, or even just a heart-warmer. It&rsquo;s a real love story, frank and particular. If you don&rsquo;t like it, you don&rsquo;t like love.&rdquo; &mdash;Roy Blount, Jr.</div><br /><br /><div>&ldquo;This is a story that should be read by <i>all </i>parents, both for what it teaches about the limits of love and the power of hope, and for the way it lets us see what it means to let our children go and lovingly watch and guard over them from a distance we cannot violate. . . . You will not soon forget <i>Next Stop</i><i>.</i>&rdquo; &mdash;Robert Bausch, author of A <i>Hole in the Earth</i> and <i>The Gypsy Man</i></div><div>&#160;</div><br /><br /><div>&ldquo;A manual on what makes us human. Illuminating, inspiring, and at times heartbreaking. Brilliant.&rdquo; &mdash;Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award&ndash;winning author of <i>Firebird</i></div><br /><br /><div>&ldquo;Remarkable.&rdquo; &mdash;David Rowell, author of <i>The Train of Small Mercies</i></div>
zlib_text: # THROUGH FINLAND IN CARTS
  
  # THROUGH FINLAND IN CARTS
  
  BY  
  MRS. ALEC TWEEDIE  
  AUTHOR OF  
  "MEXICO AS I SAW IT," ETC.
  
  THOMAS NELSON & SONS  
  LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN  
  AND NEW YORK
  
  TO MY HUSBAND  
  ALEC  
  TO MY DEAREST FRIEND  
  SIR JOHN ERIC ERICHSEN, Bart. , F.R.S., LL.D.  
  TO MY FATHER  
  DR. GEORGE HARLEY, F.R.S., F.R.C.P.  
  ALL OF WHOM DIED SUDDENLY WITHIN A SPACE OF FIVE MONTHS  
  I DEDICATE THESE PAGES IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE  
  OF THEIR LOVING INTEREST IN MY WORK
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
    1. [Our First Peep at Finland](text00000.html#filepos0000005715) 11
    2. [A Finnish Country-House](text00000.html#filepos0000056413) 43
    3. [Finnish Baths](text00000.html#filepos0000092541) 64
    4. [A Night in a Monastery](text00000.html#filepos0000124451) 84
    5. [Sordavala, or a Musical Festival](text00000.html#filepos0000169273) 112
    6. ["Kalevala," an Epic Poem](text00000.html#filepos0000208432) 136
    7. [Manners and Customs](text00000.html#filepos0000281570) 169
    8. [Imatra's Roaring Cataract](t