{"id":2123,"date":"2014-07-12T12:18:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T09:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2014-07-12T12:18:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T09:18:16","slug":"helsinki-shares-her-best-tips-for-discovering-the-secrets-of-the-city-in-a-new-book-by-russell-snyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/?p=2123","title":{"rendered":"Helsinki shares her best tips for discovering the secrets of the city in a new book by Russell Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally from Los Angeles, Russell Snyder has spent the last 30+ years writing articles, publishing books, copywriting and giving lectures for a living. His latest ebook <a href=\"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/node\/2108\">I, Helsinki &#8211; A Finland Visitor&#8217;s Guide<\/a> has just been published. The author explained what the book is all about.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/media\/omat-2014\/ihelsinki-sshot2.jpg\" alt=\"I, Helsinki \u2013 travel guide to Helsinki, Finland by Russell Snyder\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Klaava Media: Tell us about your new book.<br \/>\nRussell Snyder: Well, I thought the best way to enlighten people about Helsinki was to give her a voice. So she tells visitors a bit about herself, and then informs travelers what to see and do. It&#8217;s a sort of idea book. <\/p>\n<p>KL: Is the book meant to inform or entertain?<br \/>\nRS: A bit of both. The information is there, of course, but hopefully Helsinki explains things in an amusing way. She suggests 99 ideas, and there are over 100 photos. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/node\/2108\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/media\/kannet\/cover-ihelsinki-180.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"I, Helsinki \u2013 A Finland Visitor's Guide\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>KL: What other books have you published?<br \/>\nRS: My other ebooks are: <a href=\"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/node\/1749\">The Lighter Side of Finland<\/a> (The world&#8217;s funniest Finnish guidebook), and <a href=\"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/node\/2020\">Analysis of the Finnish Tango<\/a> (flash fiction about Finland). I&#8217;ve also published textbooks and several Finnish guidebooks, including a coffee table book called Finland &#8211; It Works. <\/p>\n<p>KL: What has it been like living in Finland?<br \/>\nRS: There have been ups and downs. Fortunately, more ups than downs. I&#8217;ve had the opportunity to travel around Finland and experience a great deal of what this country has to offer. I&#8217;ve found that if you make the effort and are willing to get out of your comfort zone, Finland will not disappoint you. <\/p>\n<p>KL: What kinds of things do you enjoy doing in the Helsinki region?<br \/>\nRS: I enjoy cycling, walking, hiking, picnicking, swimming in the sea, and barbequing during the summer. Skiing, indoor swimming, going to the gym, and visiting museums during the other months. And I like going to parties and celebrations anytime of the year. <\/p>\n<p>KL: You have recently got a Kindle Fire tablet. How do you like it?<br \/>\nRS: I previously owned a very simple Kindle ereader, and at first the Kindle Fire confused me a bit. But now I love the color images, and appreciate being able to surf the Internet or check my email in between reading a book. <\/p>\n<p>KL: How about your next book?<br \/>\nRS: Most probably another book about Finland. Let&#8217;s see.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.klaava.fi\/node\/2108\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/media\/omat-2014\/ihelsinki-sshot1.jpg\" alt=\"I, Helsinki \u2013 travel guide to Helsinki, Finland by Russell Snyder\" width=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More details <b><a href=\"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/node\/2108\">about the book and sample chapters available here<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally from Los Angeles, Russell Snyder has spent the last 30+ years writing articles, publishing books, copywriting and giving lectures for a living. His latest ebook <a href=\"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/node\/2108\">I, Helsinki &#8211; A Finland Visitor&#8217;s Guide<\/a> has just been published. The author explained what the book is all about.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/media\/omat-2014\/ihelsinki-sshot2.jpg\" alt=\"I, Helsinki \u2013 travel guide to Helsinki, Finland by Russell Snyder\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Klaava Media: Tell us about your new book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yleinen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaava.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}