May/June Blogumentary

So.. some pics from my last few weeks in Finland.

Helped out to clear some brush from the plot of land.. or was it just an excuse to invite me over for sauna?

Either way, we grilled out afterwards

There are good reasons that we have friends in common.

Nallikari

In front of Hotel Eden, at Nallikari; the site of the Tervamaraton

Nightswimming.  R.E.M. had something to say about that.

He didn't mention anything about full daylight, though.

Midnight bonfire at Koitelinkoski

Typical Annina, ruining (or making?) a good shot

Good ole boys hanging out at the bonfire

We roasted marshmallows, but the Finns had never heard of s'mores

Accurately named.

The "Jenny", a ferry in Kokkola

Hard at work.

Nice work, Minna.

Tankar, the island which the ferry goes to.

Mandatory training session: testing out the life preservation suits

The Klingenberg's camp

Jan and Minna

There's a pic of me sitting at this table in 2002

Poor Nikita.  She died a week after I left.

I must say, it felt almost like I was staying with family in Kokkola

Laksiäset #1

Nice cake, Tiina

Headed out to Nallikari for a midnight swim at sunset

I really don't feel like swimming right now...

We had to take shelter from the wind in the lighthouse

Not the warmest of evenings..

But who cares?  I'm on exchange, after all!

I randomly decided to take a nap in the playground at 2 am after the swim..

Watching clouds, not stars.

How is this the middle of the night???

Läksiäset #2: another bonfire at Koitelinkangas

One last time in Caio.

Waiting for a bus, to get on a train, which would bring me to a plane,

fully recovered after Läksiäset #3, after heading to bed at 7 a.m.

Heikki and I had time for ice cream before I caught the train.

This was a featured item in the H&M clothing store.

Now that's stylish there.. NOT

Turku in June.  First time wearing shorts in Finland!

Turunlinna with Olli

Elisa with a couple of the kids

The twins

Playing darts was serious business.

Cutest baby ever

Some of us were throwing things other than darts..

Just check out that grin!

In Helsinki, obviously.

Classic afternoon at Suomenlinna

Mandatory cannon photo

This is how they shot them, right?

Marcus getting the hang of it..

And some girl REALLY getting the hang of it!

Cousins.

"World Champions 2011"

Hyvää Suomi!

I proudly sported this shirt on my flight home.