Waiting for summer holiday!

My ideal hideout!

It's been too long since my last post, but what can I say -  I'm sorry.

To be honest this summer has taken me away from my laptop so effectively, that I can't complain.

There's so much to do, and the best part is yet to come - Holiday!

I have never waited for my holiday like this...Well, maybe 'cause I rarely tend to plan anything until my holiday starts and I'll begin to stress about not having any plans.. How ironic ;)

But this year everything will be different, as I have made all the necessary reservations and payments in advance for basically every weekend for this summer :) Weekdays I have left open for sunbathing and socializing :) I got tickets to Weekend Festivals in Helsinki, and a Cabin with outside jacuzzi rented for another wknd, then tickets to the Greek's Island Crete, and lot of pre-planned parties with family and friends!

I know this sounds stupid, as who wouldn't plan everything in advance etc... but nope, usually not me! I'm more of an "go with the flow" -kind of person, which means I wake up to things in the last minute ;) So you must try to image how excited I am :))

Well, till then I'll try to enjoy my time at our own summer cabin with lovely quiet nature

Enjoy the summer time!!
-Sarppa

1st of May! - Vappu :)

1st of May -picnic on our own terrace! :)

Oh no, the crazy ass "overalls & hat-people" has again started their party to celebrate the 1st of May in Tampere, for the rights of workers :) Well, to be honest I'm also one of those, excluding the hat and overalls, which I happily left home trying to minimize the self-embarrassment...haha! :P

Anyway this whole May Day action plan started already yesterday, which is traditionally the party-night, as 1st May is commonly a holiday in Finland. The statue in the city center was also given its' own student cap to join celebration in the May Day eve. Today the main event was dipping the poor first-year university students into the freezingly(!) cold water of Tammerkoski rapids in the center of Tampere.. I feel sorry for the poor drunken students, but it's good entertainment and a lot of people always gather to witness the event :D

Tampere city center on 1st of May 2013
(photos by Aamulehti)

The whole city center is covered with balloon, paper streamers and other funny decorations. Especially this May Day celebration is a good time to feel little childish and to be honest is also little required, in order to understand the whole thing invading the city today ;) Tomorrow I only feel sad for the people who have to clean up the piles of trash afterwards...

Anyway, I started this 1st of May celebrations by arranging a sunny picnic on our terrace with sparkling wine, strawberries, doughnuts, and some traditional funnel cakes :) Gotta say it was yummy!! :D
Rest of the day we spent by checking the May Day market place and enjoying a couple of cold ones on some sunny terrace! And the evening went by with a game of good old baseball with a group of friends :)
I LIKE! :)

Hope you enjoyed your 'vappu' as much as I did!
-Sarppa

Sweetie enjoying 1st May!

VAPPU !

Huh huh, taas on aika kun hullu haalarikansa vallotti Tampereen hattuineen, näin työväen juhlapäivänä :) Nooh, kyllähän sitä itekin tohon lukeutuu, vaikkakin kyllä ilman haalareita ja hattua, jotka jätin tarkotuksella himaan säästäen itteni pahimmilta nolauksilta... ;)

Vappuhan starttas jo eilen bileiden osalta koska 1.pvä on yleisesti vapaa päivä meillä Suomessa. Myös keskustan kivipatsas sai oman lakin päähänsä vappuaaton kunniaks ;) Mutta päätapahtuma olikin näin vappupäivänä kun känniset teekkari-raukat kastettiin hyiseen Tammerkoskeen :D Vähän teki pahaa raukkojen takia, mutta hyvää viihdettähän se on, paljon oli katsojiakin :D Ja koko keskusta oli täynnä ilmpalloja ja muita vappukoristeita, ja sääliksi käy sitä joka snkin sotkun joutuu siivoomaan...

Mutta meillä vappupäivä alotettiin pikku piknikillä omalle terdelle, ja nautittiin skumppaa, mansikoita, munkkeja, ja tippaleipiä! NAM :D Loppupäivä menikin vapputoria kierrellessä ja nauttien pari huurteista kaupungilla. Ilmakin oli mitä aurinkoisin :) Vappuilta päätettiinkiin sit kunnon pesismatsilla kaveriporukan kesken! Jee! :D 

Toivottavasti kaikilla on ollut yhtä hauska vappu!
- Sarppa

Winter Action Weekend - Vuokatti!

Last weekend was simply great! We drove around 600km from Tampere to a winter holiday resort, called Katinkulta in Vuokatti. We traveled together with my boyfriend and our two dogs "Honey" & "Sweetie", who are mini pinschers.

On Saturday we spend 5 hours downhill skiing in the slopes enjoying sun shine from the hill tops :) For dessert we went to a 5km ski trip - which btw I haven't tried since high school ;) But it was fun and very slippery! :D

After all the hard work, we relaxed by going to sauna and grilling sausages in the fireplace with some good drinks :) Final competition was battled in the bowling alley, in which I proved myself a winner! :D

But the one thing that I'll miss, is waking up to a beautiful sunrise and going to a walk with the dogs on an ice lake in the backyard.. 

I'm soooo excited about this spring and the coming summer! ♥

                     ^ View from the top

Viime viikonloppu oli aivan huippu! Ajettiin about 600km Tampereelta Vuokatin Katinkultaan, ja matkaa taitettiin yhdessä poikakaverini ja meiän kahden kääpiöpinserin "Murun" ja "Namun" kanssa.

Lauantaina oltiin sitten rinteessä heti alkuun 5 tuntia laskettelemassa ihanassa auringonpaisteessa :) Ja jälkkäriks  käytiin vielä hiihtämässä 5 kilsaa - ja en siis oo ollu suksilla lukion jälkeen!  ;) Oli kyllä hauskaa ja aika liukasta!

Kaiken rehkimisen jälkeen relattiin saunomalla ja tietty paistamalla kunnon takka-makkarat hyvine juomien kera :) Viimenen skaba otettiinkin sitten hohtokeilan parissa, jossa taisin viedä voiton! :D

Paras juttu mitä jään kaipaan, on herätä ihanaan auringonpaisteeseen ja mennä koirien kanssa takapihalla kimmeltävän järven jäälle juoksentelemaan... Oon niin innoissani tästä keväästä ja tulevasta kesästä! ♥

                     ^ Well-deserved break & hot-chocolate  :)