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Sahalahti, Finland - 22nd June 2012
By: emmakko
Hi mum!
I had a really good timing! This weekend they are celebrating the midsummer here in Finland, and I'm here to celebrate it, too!
In the morning we went to my host family's summer cottage. My host mum told me that most Finns spend their midsummer at the summer cottage. It's a tradition.
In the evening, after bathing in the sauna, we drove to the village near the summercottage to see the midsummer fire.
Enjoy the beautiful Finnish midsummer views! As you can see, the sun is shining. Emma told me that this is a very untypical midsummer eve because it's not raining.
There were some 150 people watching the fire. Local ladies were selling coffee and really tasty coffee bread. Someone was playing the guitar and some people were brave enough to dance!
An old coffee pot:
A long time ago when the roads were in a bad condition and people didn't have cars, the easiest way to go to the chruch on Sunday was to go there by boat. As not everyone had a boat of their own and the way to the church was long the village had one huge boat so that everyone could go to the church together. This boat is over 100 years old and still in a good condition.
A river near the place where the midsummer fire was:
Nice views from Finland:
The next photos were taken at the summer cottage at 12 o'clock at night. It wasn't dark at all because in the midsummer the sun is shining almost all the time, also at night.
All the black spots in the following photo are mosquitoes! There were so many mosquitoes there, especially at night! They almost made us mad!!!!!
This plant never has any flowers but an old Finnish tradition says that it actually has flowers, but only at the midsummer night, and the one who sees the flower of this plant will be really lucky the rest of their life. We didn't find any...
Instead Suny and I decided to pick seven different flowers and put them under our pillows, because if you do so at the midsummer night you'll dream about your future husband!
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Posted Jul 4, 2012, 3:23 pm Last edited Jul 4, 2012, 3:26 pm by emmakko
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Eisingen, Germany - 27th July 2012
By: agentsmith
Hey mum!
I arrived in Eisingen today!
I had a very warm welcome by Lui, Frederick, Sid, Mefito and LittleLuzi
and the best thing is: on wednesday we will go on holiday to mallorca! soooo exciting!
Joesy
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Posted Jul 27, 2012, 3:33 pm
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Eisingen, Germany - 31st July 2012
By: agentsmith
Mum, something incredible happened... you don't believe who arrived today... 3*Euro !!!!
I couldn't say anything, he couldn't say anything.. so we just looked into each others eyes and were happy!
and the best thing is, he will go with us tomorrow to Mallorca! we will have such an amazing holiday I'm sure
your Joesy
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Posted Jul 31, 2012, 9:06 pm
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Airport, Stuttgart, Germany - 1st August 2012
By: agentsmith
Mum!
today was the great day! we took our plane to Mallorca! Of course, all the TVs read the security instructions
we sat down and used the belt..
we looked outside the window.. sorry, you can't see it so well, it was too sunny outside
your Joesy
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Posted Aug 10, 2012, 7:55 pm Last edited Aug 11, 2012, 7:52 am by agentsmith
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