Today’s post is a bit different from my usual Wednesday posts, mainly for two reasons:
1. Yesterday I posted “Fun ways for your kids to learn new vocabulary” as a host for Multicultural Kid Blogs August blogging carnival. If you visit all the blogs included in it you will have more than enough fantastic articles to read this week!
2. I am on holiday in Finland and only have a few days left, so I will use my time to spend with my family and do things I can’t when I am back in England. So today is picture time!
A field of sunflowers always makes me smile – and they all stand there smiling back at you!
Being in Finland means not only catching up with friends and relatives, but enjoying the nature and its calmness.
The “everyman’s right” allows you to pick berries and mushrooms anywhere in the forest.
We found enough to make a delicious bilberry pie!
Kangasjärvi – my favourite spring water lake! A swim here every summer is a must for me.
At the beach in Kristinestad, my favourite place to swim in the sea – I love how the changing rooms have been made to match the local architecture – made of wood of course!
Firewood – always use birch when you can, it doesn’t send sparks around like pine does!
Finns love their log cabins!
Even churches are made out of wood in Finland. The Ulrica Eleonora church in Kristinestad has stood the test of time since the 17th century.
Ulrica Eleonora Church – you can lock yourself into the pews!
View from Bötombergen, our “mountain” which proudly rises 115 m above the sea level 🙂
I love the opportunity to be immersed in the culture and the languages of my native village and country – already planning next summer’s stay!
Love the pictures, looks like you’ve been to some really attractive places! I’ve been to Helsinki twice but never seen anywhere else in Finland. It looks like a great place to explore.
Thank you, Jonathan! These are all taken within a 10 mile radius of my home village of Dagsmark, close to the town of Kristinestad on the western coast of Finland.