Monday, 31 July 2017

Bike ride.

Fruity porridge gets our day started. Followed by rye bread, Fred's favourite.

Jarmo's back to work, boo! The rest of us head off with a box full of pizza for a bike ride and a picnic.
Off we go!
The prettiest church in Finland. 


We stop at the 'Kotiseututalo.' Which translated means 'home region'. It's a group of traditional Finnish buildings that have been renovated to the 1860's style and can be used for special occasions........like pizza picnics.

Freddy standing guard.
Livi on the ladder.
Lumi at the door.

Pizza picnic!
Yum!
Hi gang.
And there's red currants to pick.
Hanging out in the loft.

Bread cooling.
Helmi and Livi. 
Livi's Red Currants.
Biking home.



A quick stop at the park.


Love these trees.
And delicious wood smoked salmon for tea.


5 comments:

  1. Good photos Jo - love the relaxed atmosphere about Finland. What r the towns and cities like? More goodbyes coming up for U all.😱 Fondest love S and D xxxx xxxx

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    1. Hey Sheila, never really made it to a city. We did last time when we stopped at Tampere. Remember it was lovely with an amazing play park. Irmeli is about to get ready to pick masses of free berries, raspberries, blueberries, liganberries, etc. All in the forests. It's quite a big thing that lots of people do and freeze them. There's even berry picking aids in the shops.xxxc

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  2. When do you get home? And....where IS home going to be now? I cannot believe that your year is already coming up.

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    1. Hi dawn, back to Norfolk in two weeks! We will try and rent there initially. Boys keen to get back to school and friends, us too. We cannot believe it's nearly over. It's very strange. Doesn't even feel like we did all that stuff now. How are your plans coming along? You guys must be getting excited. Xxxc

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  3. A pizza picnic, sounds like such a good idea...yummy! The church looks soooo pretty and Finland looks such an amazing place to visit. Will have to add it to our holiday list! x

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