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Friday, June 29, 2007
Coffee and maps
Sitting and talking about orienteering at an outdoor cafe across the street from a park. It doesn't get much better. After our Saturday morning training, Mary, Eric and I went to Kaldi's Cafe for a cup of coffee and some O' talk.
It reminded me of one of my favorite Swedish words - fika. Fika is a verb that means, roughly, to take a coffee break. To fika with some orienteers - where the discussion always focuses on maps, racing, and training - is a very good thing.