It's summer holiday season in Finland. M has been on his holiday since the end of June. I am still unemployed for couple of more weeks so we have had time to do holiday things.On the first week we went to camp in a National Park, which actually is in the same city where we live. It rained, but it didn't matter - our tent was waterproof (now it's proven). But that didn't prevent me freezing through the night in my sleeping bag. I get cold easily.
The next day three of us walked a 2 km's route in the woods. The kid was thrilled. The picture is taken from that walk.
I can warmly recommend Noux National Park to anyone who travels with kids and especially if you don't have to drag a stroller with you.
The weather hasn't been the best this summer. They say it's the coldest summer in 15 years. It's been raining a lot. Still there were couple of sunny days when we were able to go to a beach close by. The kid swam with his life saverlike a seal and the water was freeeezing cold. No force on this planet would have got me into the water, except an emergency, but thankgod there are always life guards on beaches to take care of that.
We spent a week at my friend's house in a small town, 2 hours north east from Helsinki. It's a great place: kids can run wild on the yard and there is plenty of room to stay away from them. M and me decided to try juice fasting there. We started detoxing five days before the actual fast: off coffee, off alco and off sugar. Coffee was the most difficult for me and thanks to caffeine withdrawal I had a splitting head ache for all those five days. The fast is still on: the 6th day, so I can't say much about it yet. So far I have felt tired and sometimes quite weak and every now and then I have had sudden cravings for practically anything one can eat. Otherwise this isn't as bad as I imagined. Tomorrow we'll start eating again. We'll do it as we should: small portions and only veggies for two days. And then I'll have my first cup of coffee on monday. Mmmmmm, coffeeeeee.
