(written on Thursday, just pictures added today)
Okay, here we go... finally!
So, on Saturday 14th (almost two weeks ago.. woops) we got in a car with 4 friends of mine and headed towards a rented cottage situated in MeriTeijo, quite near to Salo. It took less than 2 hours to drive there. My friend and her friend had rented the cottage for a little cottage party! They both had invited their own friends so eventually there were quite many of us. Luckily it was a two-storey cottage so we didn't run out of room. There was also a terrace, three (?) bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a sauna, a hot-tub (:D), two bathrooms and... well that's about it! and the sea was very near so the craziest ones were able to go for a swim (why just the craziest ones? sea water here.... COLD). a few photos:
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| living room, isn't it a bit risky to put white carpet and white sofas there? :D |
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| going to the beach! the journey back to the cottage wasn't so nice - uphill all the way |
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| we had a grill and we grilled sausages and meat and corn! |
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| drinking game with hunks-cards! |
So we had a nice Saturday night there, I love my friends! On Sunday we all had a small hangover so we stopped in a pizzeria-restaurant in Salo to have some hangover-fastfood to deal with it. Then we came home.
Last week was quite tough for me when it comes to working. I had only one day off, Friday. On Friday, as I told in my previous (short) post, 4 friends of mine had their farewell party. Three of them are going to Peru for exchange and one is going to Spain to do an internship (I may be a bit jealous..). This fall will be strange for me as my best school mates are not there! :( I will miss you guys! Well I couldn't party much then because I had to go to work on Saturday morning but at least I was able to participate. It was great to see all the people, some of whom I haven't seen after my own farewell party.
I was at work on Saturday and Sunday, but on Sunday after work I took a bus to Helsinki where I met J and then we took a train to Hämeenlinna, to our summer cottage. You see I'm trying to catch every chance to go and "relax" in the countryside.. We spent a few days there and on Tuesday we came back. The weather wasn't good at all, but well, at least we got some things-to-do-at-the-summer-cottage done; we went to sauna, we went fishing, we took a countryside walk and saw lambs! It wasn't as relaxing as I had hoped but I'm still happy we went there instead of sitting here at home and just waiting for the next working shift.
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| fishing! all the foreigners, welcome to our lovely, sunny summer! |
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| i caught a shellfish?? |
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| we saw lambs! there was also an angry rooster that kept on crowing.. |
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| countryside (what a sunny summer, right?) |
So we came back on Tuesday and in the same evening I went to the stable with my friend and the horse girl inside me was very content! I was there with her also a week before, and my I can tell you that my desire for riding lessons has just strengthened...
Now I'm having four working days in a row and on Saturday I have an intention to go to another summer cottage after work. Our plans still haven't clarified totally but I hope everything goes as planned and I would be able to be there from Sat to Tuesday with my relatives that I haven't seen since Christmas! Then I have four working days in a row again, one day off, three days of work and then we are off to Oulu with J!
