Finnish Family Fun

What a fab day, and its not over yet but IÄm taking a bit of time out to do some computer stuff. Fab sleep, wee Emma has lent me her bed and I slept fabulously. breakfast and then outside to play. After putting out the washing and doing some jobs we all got on the bikes and went for a bike ride. We rode first to the village and saw the childrenäs school, we saw the old blacksmiths house, then we had a glass of juice at the cousins house, then across the fields, pooh sticks across the bridge, we saaw the children's friendäs house and raced home. We had a lovely family dinner and relaxed for a bit, late afternoon we went to a lovely local stall in an old school house. some local ladies were wearing traditional dress and playing the traditional instruments,



there was a big bear skiin on the wall. We then set off to 'small koli' where we went for a walk through the forest (and we were on guard for bears - seriously!) at the top of the hill there was a gorgeous forest hut and we cooked sausages and had chocolate. Finnish picnic Ikkonen Circus family style. The views from the forest hill were great and you could almost see Koli. After we got home, we visited the Ikkonnens neighbours, he is a woodscraftsmen and i was given a traditional finnish wooden picnic cup. Its been such a special and lovely relaxed day. Its not over yet either, because its 9.45pm and the day light is about the same as 4.00pm!!