A new year, after all

Hi, here I am again.
I didn't manage to post anything after Christmas. Many things happened, but internet connection was not one of those. I really have to figure out a way to stay connected wherever I am. Well, live and learn.

We had a nice Christmas, spent some time with good friends, saw Pelicans of Lahti beat Kalpa of Kuopio in ice hockey, and finally moved to Helsinki, Käpylä for the New Year. I have to say that we received all through the trip excellent food and were treated very kindly. But the reception in Käpylä was extraordinary. Even as we stayed there for several days just to be served, the food was excellent. It was delicious and had clearly taken a lot of planning. I hope we expressed our gratitude well enough.

Here's the front porch of the house in wood-Käpylä. I really like how the colours turned up here.


This is probably the most delicious dessert ever. It was some kind of warm chocolate muffin with ice cream. Mmmm.


Here's a small history lesson. Finland has been a part of Russia and a part of Sweden. Here's evidence of that. As a matter of fact, the streets in Helsinki started getting their names in the Russian period and first they only got Russian names. Later the names were also given in Swedish. The Finnish names came last. Nowadays, Finnish and Swedish are the official languages of Finland.


Thank you to everybody, who sent us a Christmas card, there were lots of them. Thank you.