Comfort Lahti

... meeting up with everyone at the Holiday Inn hotel in north Helsinki (the players' hotel) at 3pm. So we knew there wasn't much point making any plans for the morning. We strolled up to the Scandic and met the Carney's, Bernie, Gavin, Steve, Mike, Pete, Emma and Richard in reception. A 20 minute tram ride north and we were there, ready to go. Pav & Joanne Rozze were looking after us and we all waited fairly quietly for the coach to arrive. It turned up about 3.20 and Mike ...

... premises and saw the kinds of activities available for people undergoing rehabilitation. We had lunch at the Viherlaakso Service Centre, a block of flats for people living with mental health issues, with the Director, Johanna, and one of the practical nurses. The food was delicious as always, and we were all impressed with the surroundings in the building - lots of natural light, comfortable chairs, colour, artwork and plants ...

... tea! It turns out to be a great evening with lots of talking (luckily for me mostly in English). Saturday it's preparation time as Vera will celebrate her birthday on Sunday. Besides the cleaning and decorations, we also make yummi cakes, pies and a birthday cake of course! Getting my bakery skills into action again ;-)) On Sunday I meet their family, nice to see faces with names now. Also meet their neighbours again! Timo tells me he owns several old motorbikes, so of course I ...

... news that we were going back to Herrasmanni to get the caravan stuff AND take a sauna there! Not once but 2 times that week! On Thursday, after a sauna with makkara (sausages) made on the sauna stones (yummi), it was really time to say goodbye to Mörri and Chalom. We were the last people to take the caravan away. All that was left, was a huge empty field! What a sad sight! What else have I been up to? Well, apart from daily life ...

... before fleeing the scene, and dance one last dance with me! He is an amazing person and I am very glad I had the change to meet him! Hope you will enjoy Thailand again! Hauska tavata! Kari was in charge of the karaoke and I think he did a really good job considering the music system failing regularly and the 'singers' getting more drunk by the hour! He even got to sing a few songs himself again! One of which was a duet with his wife Virpi. They really are good!! After a ...

... Great to see them again! Luckily I can sleep in Pecka's mökki (cabin) and I feel even more blessed when I wake up the next morning and the sun is shining!! Most people will come back to the camping on Friday, time to do Karaoke then ;-)) We'll see. And I will let you know....later!

... along the way! Being on a campsite at a lake, I somehow managed NOT to go into a boat and explore the country from the water! Cannot leave without being on the lake at least once, so Virpi and I went at last for a glimps at all the beautiful houses at the waterfront! And I got some exercise as well rowing the boat. For a beginner I didn't do to bad. We kept the boat floating, not get stuck in waterplants and I managed to keep Virpi dry (which means...NOT ...

... an excellent reindeer. Then for some sauna (no running naked through the forest this day) and back to bed. The next day they received an Australian guest that stayed at home while we went out to Hämeenlinna, a quite desert but nice town for a walk around some parks, a visit to the town castle and to a nearby watchtower with a lake and forest view that looks exactly like the picture in my Finnish teacher's textbook cover. In ...

... stöckelschuhe, dann auch nicht unt** 10 cm absatz, wenn schminken, dann auch richtig, wenn gross, dann auch extrem gross, wenn kitschig, dann auch so, dass es in den augen weh tut, wenn reich, dann gleich unvorstellbar reich........ viele vorgänge und sitten dort bleiben ein grosses geheimnis... wozu die vielen stempel, wenn doch alles durcheinand** läuft? brillantes beispiel: auf d** anmeldeliste fu** das pushkininstitut von uns**** gruppe war eine p**son mitangemeldet, die ...