2 christmases ago, the fam and i were traveling around Costa Rica with the help of our handy GPS. whenever we were close to our destination, someone would excitedly say, "THE FINNISH FLAG!"  i didn't think much about it, because there are tons of european hotels here.

but, after like 2 weeks of this repeatedly happening, i got confused. we were pulling into our hotel, and i knew for a FACT that this place was owned by a japanese couple and their son (he was really cute...anyyyways).

so, i did what i thought was best and panicked.  "WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM FINLAND HERE?!?" after all, i had not met ONE finnish person!

everyone turned to me with their quizzical-ish eyebrows all, "whaaaa?"  so i explained myself to the simpletons. "you guys keep saying "LOOK! THE FINNISH FLAG!""  and i have not seen ONE finnish flag or met ONE finnish person!"    I KNEW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

they started laughing...


  and that's when i realized that there was another flag. the FINISH flag.