On The Rocks, or On Thick Ice

I'm currently in Oulu and I missed the real cold weather by one day. Apparently on Wednesday it was colder than -20 degrees centigrade here but on Thursday it was just a mild -9 degrees as we went to see the local ice-hockey team Oulu Weasels lose to Helsinki IFK. The game was quite even and ended 2-3 to the visiting team.
I did some skating myself earlier this week. I went to natural ide track on Näsijärvi lake in Tampere and spent an hour going around it. I visited the world's shortest lighthouse and took some pictures of the abandoned amusement park Särkänniemi.

Is this the world's shortest lighthouse?

I was literally standing on thick ice.

Am I taller than normal or has Näsinneula shrunk?

Desolate amusement parks creep some people out.

Talking about skating, I'm so proud of my god children in Finland. Both of them do sports and have fun at it. Emma is into figureskating and Eetu plays ice hockey. They've taken part in some competitions and their achievements were noticed in the local papers some time ago.

Emma won her series!

Eetu circled

Here is the whole happy family enjoying their time together by playing music. (Note: extended and constant clicking on the drums can drive the listeners mad. Enjoy "Rock Band" responsibly.)

The Band (Notice the extremely confident and therefore relaxed bass player

Now I have to dash to catch the train to Hämeenlinna!