Summer Is Almost Gone

Summer post must start  with a beautiful flower picture, right?

Suomenlinna, June 29th. 2015

Soon it'll be mid-August, how fast can the time actually fly? I can't believe how fast the summer has gone, because I feel like May started just a few days ago. I guess, my thoughts arise from the fact that I have felt myself busy most of the summer even though I haven't actually done much. 

Grave yard of Kalvola

Found my mom's old sunglasses. hehe.

I have been working most of the week days since the mid-May and on this Friday my summer job on the grave yard is coming to its end. My feelings are very mixed about it, because I actually like the job, well mainly the people there (however, it ain't so nice to work under a heavy rain). On the other hand it's nice to be able to enjoy the holidays, finally. What I don't like is the fact that the beginning of my 3rd university year is getting closer a day by day. Let's just say my motivation has run away during this year. haha. Hopefully, I can regain that motivation before going back to school. 

Flowers are beautiful, and I take lots of pictures of them ;)

A view from our summer cottage in Hämeenlinna

A view from our summer cottage in Lappeenranta

So, how have I enjoyed my free days (= weekends)? I have been spending lots of time on both of our summer cottages. There I can really relax and be happy - being at a summer cottage equals happiness. I can't imagine a summer without special days at summer cottages. To my surprise, I have spent time picking up berries and collecting mushrooms, which I haven't been keen on doing before. 

Collecting mushrooms

Picking up blueberries

In early July we also celebrated my brother's birthday by throwing up a small party. I like such events because I get to see some relatives and family friends. Of course, it's a great reason for eating unhealthy things. haha. 

Me at my bro's party.

After Midsummer, I have visited Hamina once. It was a nice visit, which followed the same pattern as always; watching TV, chatting a lot, going out to eat, visiting my grandpa's grave and going for a walk. I did see pretty views during this trip, though.  

One weekend I visited a housing fair in Vantaa (Southern Finland), which was nice. I wasn't too fond of the actual houses, but I liked most the lamps. Besides, the company was great and that matters much more than the stuff we do or where we are. :) 

That's about all for my quick summer post. I'm sorry I have been such a slow blogger, as well as snail mailer this summer. I hope to get back to business soon. I wish all the best for everyone for the rest of this summer! 

A Weekend To Remember part. 1

This lovely weekend happened a few weeks back, in the middle of July. It was a longer weekend for me, as I took Friday and Monday holiday from work. It started by me driving a car to Helsinki way to early in the morning, as my mom had to be at work by 8 am. Nice nice, tho one good thing about driving a car at that time is less cars on the roads. I'm not a big fan of driving at such a big city as Helsinki, but everything turned out much better than I thought.

Teresa and me!!

During the day I got to meet my pen pal from New Zealand for the second time. It's always nice to speak English, tho it takes much more energy than speaking only Finnish. We started the day by going to 'Suomenlinna Sea Fortress' that is on the list of Unesco World Heritage sites. The only way to get there is by a boat, so that's what we did. There were some scary sea eagles on the way, tho..

When we arrived to the destination we just walked around and stopped at a cafe for some snacks. I gotta say Suomenlinna is a very beautiful place during the summer, and I'm so glad I finally got to visit there. I had been wanting to go there for so long! 

Some of the views don't even look like something that you could see in Finland, like the following pic.

I can warmly recommend Suomenlinna for everyone, who comes to Helsinki! 

Thank you so much for spending the day with me, my lovely friend! :) 

This weekend continues in Hamina, which will make a whole new post.