June 22nd I’ve never woken up in a pub’s backyard on Midsummer’s Day without being drunk or hungover. In fact, I don’t recall ever waking up in a pub’s backyard on Midsummer’s Day at all. But today I did. And I wasn’t alone. Next door, a red camper van and its crew were getting ready …
June 21th You can celebrate the Midnight Sun this way too! At a pub somewhere in southeastern England. Eva had flounder and I had sirloin steak. The good thing was that the side dish consisted of whole boiled potatoes. The fish had been processed so much that it was hard to recognize it as flounder, …
June 20th A day off from vacation.So, I’m at Jette’s doing nothing! Well, not exactly nothing! In the morning, we had a Zoom meeting at 9 AM. An education student from the United States wanted to interview us. We even managed to get Nossim from Tanzania to join for the latter part. These are truly …
June 19th Well, we woke up anyway, even though the chiffchaff was completely silent. The pigeons, on the other hand, were not silent. They seem to have this understanding of the world that the entire creation wants to hear their cooing. You can hear it in the morning, during the day, and in the evening. …
June 1st The heat doesn’t bother you here. In the morning, it starts off at around twenty degrees Celsius. During the day, the temperature is over 15 degrees. Of course, it’s not over 20! But that doesn’t bother us… in fact, quite the opposite. Heat exceeding 25 degrees is too much. For breakfast, coffee, yogurt, …
May 31st We had to be at a place half an hour away by 10 AM. My internal clock had switched to an early wake-up mode. So, before six, my eyelid fluttered, and waking thoughts started to take over from the dream world. Following a slow waking-up routine, we got up and prepared for breakfast …
May 30th Climate change is in Finland. It’s 30 degrees warm there. In Britain, it’s windy and rainy. Here, everything is as usual – except for the increasing winds and rains, which are now everyday occurrences, and the long heatwaves in summer that we hardly had before. The needs of the economy seem to override …
May 29th Waking up behind the pub, having a discreet pee in the bush in the drizzle, is quite a decent experience. After that, I went back to lounge under the covers for a while. There was no rush today. We had an hour’s drive to Jette’s place, so we took it easy. We grabbed …
May 28th It’s about 30 degrees in Espoo. Here in Britain, it’s windy, rainy, and sunny—all kinds of weather. The temperature is around 18 degrees +/- 5 degrees. After a morning shower and breakfast, we headed towards the city of York. We found a Ford repair shop on the outskirts, and they have an appointment …
May 27th We are sitting in our reserved seats on the ship, en route to Britain. We are transitioning from the EU to a kingdom that decided to leave the European Union. I did not vote for Finland’s accession to the union. However, I would not advocate for leaving it either, at least not with …