Diary of Linnea Gord, piano accompanist, July 17th, July 18th, 1930

The train they took was the Kurinen.  I wonder if Kurin, or Kurinen, refers to a destination as far away as the Ukraine; or if it refers to a Northern point of origin, in Northern Sweden.  If you click, there is here a short video of an old Finnish railroad locomotive at Porvoo.
 
THURSDAY, JULY 17TH, 1930 - ORAWAIS, VASA, MALAX     We took the 8:30 Kuriren to Vasa.  It was hard to leave Orawais, because I had had so much fun there and had so many good friends there.  We saw Blanche as we were passing through Vörå.  She was waiting for the bus.  When we arrived in Vasa, we went shopping for a while and then sat on a bench in the Esplanad to rest.  Molly came along with her sister while we were sitting there, wo we had a grand "gab fest".  That is, Amelia, Auntie and I did.  Molly's sister only talks Finnish.

We had dinner at the Elite Cafe and then strolled down to our bus.  Met the girls there, and we all went home on the same bus.

The evening was spent in writing letters, talking and playing the phonograph.  Very exciting evening.

FRIDAY, JULY 18TH, 1930 - MALAX     It was raining all day, so we had to stay in the house.  I went to the hall to practice the organ in the afternoon—all by myself.  No, not by myself, either, because there was a little mouse running across the floor, to keep me company.

After dinner we all pitched in and washed and dried the dishes.  Then we sat on the floor in our room and played "Cootie".  It was fun, and I guess it was funnier to see us all sprawled over the floor.